Gayle Rubin’s “sex hierarchy: the charmed circle vs. the outer limits” is a chart that displays society’s view on what is correct and incorrect sexual practice. The inner part of the circle is what is seen as “normal” sex while the outer circle is deemed “abnormal” or bad sex. The inner and outer circle categories are polar opposites of one another treating sexuality in black and white terms that states that there is only one proper way to have sex. This approved form of sex takes form as a heterosexual, monogamous, married couple of the same age who only have sex with only their own bodies in a private place to make children by means of vanilla sex, this practice is without any porn, toys or money for service transactions. Any sexual practice that differs from this ideology is considered to wrong, sinful, and unnatural.
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For example, the movies and books of “50 Shades of Grey” are rarely advertised as BDSM or at the very least are shown in the lightest terms of BDSM. “50 Shades of Grey” was one of the few movies that showed a BDSM sexual relationship in the last few decades and one of the pioneering books to feature BDSM and make it to the bestsellers list in a bookstore. The media around both the movies and books are limited in explaining the subject of BDSM and even then there was still little detail centered around the subject matter. This shows that one way the inner circle of the sex hierarchy is enforced is being available to the public whereas the outer circle of the hierarchy is treated as if it doesn’t exist or rarely talked about when it is featured in