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Hi,
Well, a lot has been written about Hitler, but I wouldn't want to be seen reading his "Mein Kampf" book in public! 
Getting slightly back on track: "Fifty Shades Of Grey" (or "Pompous faux-BDSM fluff" as it's also known) is probably as rotten as it sounds. It's popular, presumably because the cover is dull, so only people in the know would see that you were reading porn (unlike actual porn novels aimed at men, where the covers are full of pictures of ladies in the buff).
The fact it's been written by a woman, rather than a man, also seems to help its popularity with women. (I'm pretty certain if the author had written the exact same book, word-for-word, but just happened to be a man, the book would have been classified as yet another load of sexist, pornographic tripe, by the very same women who are currently reading it and praising it to high heaven.)
Here's a few sample bits of text from the book - as found in this online article here:
“Anticipation hangs heavy and portentous over my head…”
“‘So I brought you here,” he said phlegmatically.
“The ceremony takes another hour to conclude. It's interminable.”
“Another mercurial mood swing; it's so hard to keep up.”
“I'm lost in a quagmire of sensation.”
“I revel in his possession, his lust slaking mine.”
“Trepidation lances through me.”
“He's got right under my skin, literally.”
“I turn into my pillow and the sluice gates open.”
And this is the very first paragraph of the book...
This is what women are reading, and claiming is great literature in 2012! I've read Ladybird books with more gravitas than this pile of !
Ironically, most book shops are selling this work in the "Romance" section or under the mainstream fiction, rather than having it placed with the "Adult" or "Erotica" section. Again, it smacks of double-standards.
Now try looking for "The Story Of O", "Emmanuelle", "Salo, or The 120 Days Of Sodom", and I can assure you, they aren't in the mainstream novels section of your local branch of Waterstones, if they're even in-stock at all! Likewise, branches up-and-down the country are promoting this book for all that it is worth, in window-displays, with in-store posters and advertising. They wouldn't be doing the same for the three books I previously mentioned, nor if the book had been written by a bloke.
Likewise, I can guarantee any man caught reading "The Story Of O", "Salo...", or "Emmanuelle" on the bus or train, would likely get hundreds of disapproving looks. Catch a woman reading "Fifty Shades..." under the same circumstances, and the worst thing that'll happen is other women will grin or smile.
I don't have anything personal against E.L. James (author of the "Fifty Shades..." trilogy), nor do I have anything against anyone reading it - in private or in public. But please call it what it is - it's just porn (albeit trendy soft porn) for women!
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25-11-2019 04:46:50