Fifty Shades of (insert clever adjective here): Say Arrgh, Baby

[tytaniaherself]

PSA- I don't have a problem with people saying, "I am not reading Fifty Shades because from what I've heard, I would not enjoy it." That's fine. Heck, if you want to get into a discussion, feel free to reference what you've heard and where you heard it and how you're reacting to it. Just don't stick your nose up in the air and tell me that you hate

Comments

[zimon66]

The book I'd pass on. But a full length 50 Shades of Grayskull? Hell yeah, I would watch it!!!

[tytaniaherself]

Oh people of the internet, please provide us with this long awaited masterpiece. You have the He-man clips and time on your hands. Make it so!!!

[thecatinthehat]

I have also wondered about these books (note, i have not read them) because my stepmother, and her whole set of very well educated successful business women love them, and I couldn't figure out why.

It hit me when i read your post, and while talking to stepmom about her marriage (i know way to much about my dad's marriage now) Grey is a substitute for their husbands, except better.

Grey is emotionally unavailable, but he really is.

Grey doesn't want to take care of her, but he does.

Grey takes charge all while saying he's not doing it.

And they love it, because none of their husbands will do anything like that for them anymore.

it makes me sad really.

[tytaniaherself]

I think you have a valid point there. Christian Grey is exactly like an arch-conservative boyfriend I once had. Exactly. The only difference is that the guy I dated wasn't mega-wealthy although he pretended that he was. Everything else was in place including control and jealousy being re-interpreted as caring and keeping me safe, the misconceptions about birth control and so on. If that's the person that you're married to, then the book presents an idealized portrait of a controlling, emotionally unavailable man, making excuses for his behavior and filling in the empty spaces with money and gifts.