Why You Should Talk To Your Kids About ’50 Shades Of Grey’ The book and movie perpetuate the idea th
Why You Should Talk To Your Kids About ’50 Shades Of Grey’ The book and movie perpetuate the idea that the abuse and sexual control of women is sexy.“One of the great virtues of insomnia, otherwise a deplorable problem, is the found time to do silly things for no good reason. During two sleepless weeks in 2013, I stayed up every night and read theTwilight books and then, for good measure, their fan fiction follow up, the Fifty Shades trilogy. As I read, I vacillated between giggling at some execrable, entertaining writing and amazement that anyone could think these books were transgressive.The disturbing thing about these stories, however, was that young teenagers voraciously consumedTwilight and many of them will see Fifty Shades of Grey. A few years ago, many people thought theTwilight books and movies were just fine for early teens because Twilight had “no sex.” Those children, only a few years older, are a prime target market for the film Fifty Shades of Grey and millions have, no doubt, also read the books. Both franchises normalize coercive sexuality and abuse.” Read the full piece here (link TW for abuse, psychological abuse) -- source link
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