I just think she needs to admit that it's an honest to God abusive relationship and not just BDSM. Christian Grey isn't just mean to Ana in the bedroom, he treats her like shit all the time. What Ana is going through IS domestic abuse, plain and simple.
I mean, I get that the book is marketed towards women who enjoy trashy fantasies and steamy romances, but E.L. James needs to realize that people outside that demographic aren't gonna view the story as a steamy fantasy. They're gonna see it as a twisted tale of a man dominating a woman because of a tacked-on Freudian Excuse.
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Date: 2013-02-18 02:52 am (UTC)I mean, I get that the book is marketed towards women who enjoy trashy fantasies and steamy romances, but E.L. James needs to realize that people outside that demographic aren't gonna view the story as a steamy fantasy. They're gonna see it as a twisted tale of a man dominating a woman because of a tacked-on Freudian Excuse.