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Originally Posted by Oling_Roachinen
I'll take you word for it Erick Estrada if you know more than me about Fifty Shades 
But I was under the impression Fifty Shades of Grey was about BDSM, not rape. Quite the difference and shouldn't at all be confused with another. If you consent to being tied up and spanked, all the power to you. |
From what I've been told, 50 Shades romanticizes an abusive, quite rapey and just emotionally effed up and confused relationship, and constantly blends rape with BDSM. Possibly because the writer doesn't really understand or even know that much about BDSM, or maybe she's just really into abuse fantasies. In any case, there's a lot of non-consenting and consent breaking in that book. (My guess is that the abusiveness of the relationship is actually a large part of the popular attraction, much more so than the whips and cuffs.)
Of course 50 Shades is very far from the only popular fiction written by women for women which romantices rape and abusive sex. Some quite popular books are much more blatant about it, especially in the adult fantasy section.
I think most men would be surprised how messed up stuff you can find in rather mainstream and popular books.