50 Shades of Grey: The modern day relationshipI never wanted more till I meet you" Christian

grey. The trilogy Fifty Shades by E.L. James explores the deepening relationship between a
college graduate, Anastasia Steele, and a young business magnate, Christian Grey. It is notable
for its explicitly erotic scenes featuring elements of sexual practices involving
bondage/discipline, dominance/submission, and sadism/masochism also known as (bondage,
domination, sadism and masochism). As it is approaching its 4 year anniversary since the first
book debut in 2011 its movie adaptation set to release on Valentine's Day 2015. Erotica is not
anything new, yet the success of 50 shades was unprecedented. As the bondage, domination,
sadism and masochism lifestyle is taboo. The 50 shades series is a success because the couple
satisfies each other in aspects of sex, love, control and vanity.SexSex is very important part of
relationships, as human being as we are sexual. In this age technology taking place of personal
communication; sex will remain the ultimate intimacy. Thus sex is discussed and participated in
much quicker time frame averagely then traditionally courting. This is a means of what one can
offer to another that others can’t. 50 Shades of Grey being an erotica novel, readers were in
captured in the fact that a major conflict of the story was the sexual relationship of Grey and
Steele. Anastasia was a virgin upon meeting the vastly experienced Christian Grey, who is
participator of bondage, domination, sadism and masochism as a dominant sadist. She was
hesitant and nervous to lose her virginity but more distraught by his no "vanilla sex" interested.
In real life women are raised with the idea that sex is not enjoyable on their part, sexual desire is
wrong, and they should just want to be wanted. Men
DESCRIPTION: Sex, Love, Control, and Vanity3struggle to get an openness and willingness to
explore their female partners’ sexuality, which canstrain a relationship. Sex is the intimate,
rawest part of one's being, therefore to be rejected hurts.Christian had an internal conflict of
involving Ana into his " 50 shades of fucked up" bondage, domination, sadism and masochism
lifestyle as he feared to repulse her and ultimately be rejected. Ana was open to his need above
her own reserves and knowledge herself then signing contract that was edited to their needs.
Bondage, domination, sadism and masochism lifestyle have this negative stigma of being a deep
psychological disorder among participates. Yet a study has found healthier sexual relationship
from bondage, domination, sadism and masochism participants then regular vanilla sex
participants. Research has found (Pappas, Stephanie 2013) on a basic level, bondage,
domination; sadism and masochism practitioners aren’t any more troubled than the general
population. They were more extroverted, thus more open to new experiences and more

Gender Roles in Fifty Shades of GreyIn 2015, a film came out which created hysteria among
women across the nation, Fifty Shades of Grey, Originally the first novel of a three-part trilogy
by E.L James. During its traditional three-dayopeningthe film opened at No. 1 at the box office
earning US $85.1 million(“Fifty Shades Marathon,” n.d). The core audience of this movie’s
demographic was recorded 68% women and 58% of women over the age of twenty-five(Hoad,
2015). In short Fifty Shades of Grey is about an innocent young woman and her introduction into
a BDSM relationship with a27-year-old multimillionaire. Fifty Shades of Grey was marketed as
a radical and progressive tale of erotic fiction. It works on the pretext of empowering women to
explore their sexuality. Although a closer look at the film reveals its underlying themes of
promoting toxic gender roles in an unhealthy power dynamic between its two main characters
Anastasia Steele and Christian Grey. This paper will delve deeper into the specific gender
identity roles given to these characters throughout the film.Like many films’ prior such as
Romeo and Juliet, Titanic, or the Notebook, Fifty Shades of Grey promotes the stereotypical
roles of its characters, Christian Grey and Anastasia Steele as a male and female from two
supposed different worlds. Christian Grey is a self-made billionaire, and the CEO of his own
company Grey Enterprises. While Anastasia Steele is a low middle classcollege student who
works at a hardware store. Their differences are made apparent early in the film where the
audience can see Christian, a wealthy, good-looking man, getting dressed in a suit, and being led
into a fancy car. The film then cuts over to Anastasia an average looking, less fashionable girl
leaving college and getting into her beaten up Volkswagen bug. Diving deeper the analysis of the
films first few scenes, it is already placing a male into the role of a superior
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3FIFTY SHADES OF GREYand a female into the role of second-class citizen. On their first
encounter is when the power dynamic between the two can be more clearly seen and identified.

it is clear that most women do not allow themselves the chance to explore and express their
sexual needs and desires. In most cases, women fail to reveal their own sexual preferences and
aversion just to make the male partners happy and allow them to explore their own sexual
preferences (Lanciano, Soleti, Guglielmi, Mangiulli, & Curci, 2016). Women, therefore, enjoy
the male initiated sexual fantasies. The bondage and sadistic sexual intercourse behaviors
portrayed in the Fifty Shades of Grey trilogy are considered to be deviant by many members of
society, as it characterized with the infliction of pain, sexual intimidation, domestic violence,
sexual harassment, demonstrates a full sexual domination bythe male members of the society. As
such, the sexual behaviors portrayed by the Fifty Shades of Grey trilogy has the potential to
negatively impact and add to the of promoting the subjugation of women within the confines of
their private houses.Literature ReviewLanciano, Soleti, Guglielmi, Mangiulli, & Curci, (2016)
argue that the movie fifty shades have reignited the debate on the acceptability of bondage as
sexual behavior. The authors explain that erotophobic people have a hard time accepting the
sexual behaviors portrayed by the trilogy, while erotophilic people tend to have positive
feedback towards the sexual behaviors portrayed by the trilogy, more so the emotional
emancipation that forms the main focus of the movie (Lanciano, Soleti, Guglielmi, Mangiulli, &
Curci, 2016). According to the authors, women should shun any sexual behaviors that limit their
full expression in
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Sexual Behaviors5favor of making their partners happy. The five authors explain that while
sexual behaviors may be influenced by different emotions that range from anger, fear, disgust,
shame, and vulnerability; these emotions should not be the basis of emotionally emancipating
other parties within the sexual relationship (Lanciano, Soleti, Guglielmi, Mangiulli, & Curci,
2016). Reyes, (n.d.)explains that the post-modern individuals who are highly sexualized have
created a perception that the institutionalized sexuality and eroticism is a billion-dollar industry.
The author argues that the use of bondage to promote hot and kinky sex in the Fifty Shades of
Grey trilogy associates sex, pain, and suffering on the side of women while men get to achieve
their fantasies and enjoy pleasure. According to the author, the eroticism depicted in the movies
portrays a deviant behavior that the majority within the society is yet to accept. The members of
the society without cultural identity end up adopting what they see
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