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50 Shades of Grey - kinda curious on everyone's thoughts
kevmylove:
Omg you guys and the porn. My best friend said it's not graphic! Is it?
RokofAges75:
It sounds like it's pretty explicit! The radio station I listen to in the mornings started this new segment where they read excerpts and replace all the inappropriate words with something else - the one I heard was movie titles. It was pretty funny, but they sure had to replace a lot of words! Just think of the more graphic visuals in our fandom, and that's what it sounded like. And I know it involves bondage and S&M kind of stuff, so it's more than just graphic sex.
Sakabelle:
I flipped through it a bit in Chapters and the two pages I landed on were sex scenes. So either I managed to land on the only two in the book, or there's enough of it to make it so that it's very likely to land on one by just flipping through. I don't mind sex in books, I've written a fair amount of sex scenes myself but ehn... I dunno.
RokofAges75:
Yeah, it's not the sex that bothers me; I think it's mainly the Twilight thing and the way the relationship is described. It just doesn't sound like something that would appeal to me at all, and I'm surprised that so many intelligent, self-respecting women I know are so into it.
Sakabelle:
Bear with me while I get over analytical for a moment, lol.
I feel like books like this and Twilight appeal to some women because they play up the carnal, lust driven relationship that is attractive to some people. The intense amount of passion in these books can be a nice escape from everyday life where things might be very routine. It's not really an insult and I don't mean it to be that way at all, I just think that might be the reason why so many women are into this sorts of thing. These types of books are an outlet for them in that way, I think.
It's the same way I am with boybands. It's a safe space to enjoy whatever you want in a fictional world. I personally get very nervous when I'm alone with men, so admiring Nick on YouTube videos from afar is a way for me to enjoy being attracted to a man without feeling apprehensive about what's going to happen.
I have had a lot of conversations with my very feminist friend about this sort of thing, so sorry for my over analytical answer haha.
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