Check out my latest article about why the 50 Shades movie bombed – but women still want to be taken. The movie may have been a dud but we can’t ignore the attention the book trilogy received and the overwhelming fact that being dominated is a very common fantasy for women.
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Ok, so 50 Shades the movie bombed compared to the success of the book trilogy. Critics basically said it was cheesy, the sex scenes were unsatisfying, and there was no spark between the two actors. So did it bomb because of the way it was made or the story-line? Whatever the reason it has been a great opportunity to get a very common fantasy out there in mainstream media for women and men of all walks of life.
Many of the people (mostly women) who read the book would admit that it was their guilty pleasure. It wasn’t intellectually stimulating but that was okay given how it stimulated the reader in other ways. So why did we expect the film to be any different? Does witty banter or a more complex story-line increase the value we put upon a film that was based upon a book that was intended to stimulate our erotic minds?
BDSM? Not so much…
The main characters in the movie practice domination and submission. A well-known sexual practice termed BDSM (bondage/discipline, dominance/submission, and sadism/masochism). Grey dominates and Anastasia submits. However, BDSM experts are very clear that both the book and movie are not accurate depictions of consensual BDSM sex. In more than one scene the sex wasn’t consensual, which is a huge premise of BDSM. With that said, if people can get past that (huge) inaccuracy it can be a great opportunity for them to expand their menus of what type of sex they are open to putting on the table.
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And, of course… Don’t forget…
Now go have sex!