So here it comes… a post about Fifty Shades of Grey. I know people’s opinions about the book are everywhere and this topic might seem tired and unoriginal at this point, but I just couldn’t blog about pop culture and not comment on the biggest sensation since Twilight.
I’m not going to summarize the book, because if you are reading this you have probably either read it or someone you know has read it and explained it to you. I’m also not going to give my opinion on the book itself, because I really think the same thing about it that everyone else does: it’s not well-written but it’s addicting.
Rather, I’m going to pose a question to all of you- why do you think women are so infatuated with Christian Grey? Sure, he’s described as extremely good-looking, but he’s also pretentious, violent, controlling, and won’t let anyone touch him.
Here’s what I think: I think we all love Christian Grey because he hurts Anastasia, and we all subconsciously hate Anastasia. All she does is whine and complain, she gets upset when she loses too much weight (which NO WOMAN WOULD EVER DO), and acts like her life is so terrible all the time when let’s be honest, she doesn’t have it that bad. Anastasia: you don’t have cancer, you aren’t poor, you are really skinny, you have a hot guy who loves you- what’s so bad? Anastasia is such a horrendous character that we are able to forgive Christian for hurting her, because we all kind of want to hurt her. Not in a kinky way, but I don’t think any of us would mind giving her a bitch slap.
You are probably reading this and thinking I’m crazy, but if Anastasia was a normal, confident, REAL woman you would probably be rooting for her and think that Christian is a bad influence. Anastasia is just so pathetic that we don’t even care what happens to her. Twilight is the same way- Bella is a brooding and superficial girl so we are basically in love with the person (Edward) who is making her life a living hell.
What do you think?
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