Fifty Shades of Grey I watched Fifty Shades of Grey! I thought I would never watch this movie until I ran out of options for the sex papaer. At first I wanted to have the sex talk with my mother, but things became really awkward when I tried engaging her in a discussion about sex through the cell phone. My mum has never received a sex talk from anyone. My dad has never, and neither has any of my siblings including me. So in order not to place anyone in an uncomfortable situation, I dropped the idea entirely. Other suggestions did not seem appealing to me, so I decided to go with a sex-themes movie. I had lots of fears and apprehensions about watching this movie for several reasons.
Firstly, reviews about the book explains that it glamorizes …show more content…
I know myself enough to be aware that I am greatly affected by the things I see. No matter how psychologically detached I desire to be, I know that watching a movie involving a couple acting all cute and being sexually intimate, would leaving me feeling discontent. I know that watching a horror movie would make me scared. And I know that watching a movie with lots of disturbing ponographic scenes will elicit feelings (both the feeling of the desire to engage in a sexual act and the feeling of fear that is conveyed through the violent sex scenes and abuse). I was scared that if I watch the movie, I may enjoy it and start searching for movies with a similar plot, and then eventually get addicted to watching pornography. In addition, according to Life Site News, recent studies have indicated that young women who read the 50 Shades of Grey trilogy are more likely to suffer from domestic violence and eating disorders. While there are still some defenders of this type of torture porn, Ann Bonomi, a professor and researcher with the Department of Human Development and Family Studies at Michigan State University further explains that “If women experience adverse health behaviors such as disordered eating first, reading 50 Shades of Grey might reaffirm those experiences and potentially aggravate related trauma,” she said. “Likewise, if they read 50 Shades of Grey before experiencing the health behaviors seen in our study, it is possible the books influenced the onset of these behaviors.” So with all these speculations and negative connotations that are attributed to the book and its movie, I had already made up my mind not to watch it. However, I decided to try something entirely different, and although I’m not really glad that I did (because for the past weekend I’ve been searching for other romantic movies to watch), I believe it was worth the
Firstly, reviews about the book explains that it glamorizes …show more content…
I know myself enough to be aware that I am greatly affected by the things I see. No matter how psychologically detached I desire to be, I know that watching a movie involving a couple acting all cute and being sexually intimate, would leaving me feeling discontent. I know that watching a horror movie would make me scared. And I know that watching a movie with lots of disturbing ponographic scenes will elicit feelings (both the feeling of the desire to engage in a sexual act and the feeling of fear that is conveyed through the violent sex scenes and abuse). I was scared that if I watch the movie, I may enjoy it and start searching for movies with a similar plot, and then eventually get addicted to watching pornography. In addition, according to Life Site News, recent studies have indicated that young women who read the 50 Shades of Grey trilogy are more likely to suffer from domestic violence and eating disorders. While there are still some defenders of this type of torture porn, Ann Bonomi, a professor and researcher with the Department of Human Development and Family Studies at Michigan State University further explains that “If women experience adverse health behaviors such as disordered eating first, reading 50 Shades of Grey might reaffirm those experiences and potentially aggravate related trauma,” she said. “Likewise, if they read 50 Shades of Grey before experiencing the health behaviors seen in our study, it is possible the books influenced the onset of these behaviors.” So with all these speculations and negative connotations that are attributed to the book and its movie, I had already made up my mind not to watch it. However, I decided to try something entirely different, and although I’m not really glad that I did (because for the past weekend I’ve been searching for other romantic movies to watch), I believe it was worth the