Mummy porn: part 2

Flower from my garden

I was in a bookshop the other day when a youngish mother went to the counter with a book. The young male assistant said "that is the second book in the series". The mum (with her little boy) said, "I will take all the books in the series, an old lady recommended it - told me they will spice up my life". The young man went and got the remaining books with quite a smirk on his face. He knew what these books were all about. I am referring to the best seller trilogy "50 Shades of Grey" by the British author, L E James.  

It is not a book I have read and have no plans to read it (the plot sounds troubled [I don't read books about bondage] even if you remove the erotica), however millions have been sold worldwide and women are raving about it, the problem, it is porn (erotica) aimed directly at women of all ages. And women are going mad over it.  Where once hidden, women are now openly reading this sort of genre and it is considered completely accepted.  No longer are women ashamed of reading erotica, they are now reading it in public and sharing and recommending it amongst their friends.  It has become mainstream literature. 

And yes, there is already rumours of a film, I wonder what rating it would need to have. 

Now that this book has hit the bestseller list, I am sure we will see a whole swath of books in this genre, if it sells and makes loads of money it is considered a good thing. And the more it sells the more acceptable it becomes until it is the same as any other book in the shop and no-one questions it at all.   This is what has happened with R rated magazines. Once hidden away in paper bags at the back of the news agency, they are now up the front along side the computer magazines, the garden magazines -- very easy to locate (and see) for all and sundry. Porn for men and women have become common place and socially acceptable.

Lady Chatterley's Lover by D H Lawrence was first published in 1928, it caused an outrage due to the story line, the explicit descriptions of sex and the use of some "unprinted words". It wasn't published openly in the UK until 1960, however Australian continued the ban until 1965 when it was finally released.  The book was consider to be obscene and not something nice people read and certainly not in public. What a long way we have come since Lady Chatterley's Lover, hidden in libraries so not to offend people - whereas 50 Shades is up front in bookstores for all too see.  Interestingly, a number of US libraries have refused to purchase 50 Shades as it violates their no-erotica policy.

If you have never heard of this series don't bother looking it up, it isn't worth it. 

Abstain from ALL appearance of evil.

1 Thessalonians 5:22

Mummy Porn: Part 1 - link