Agreed! The idea that somehow the repulsive sadistic “hero” of 50 Shades represents a real man is absurd and disgusting. Women don’t want this guy. They want Mr. Darcy, who was a real man and a gentleman. If girls are growing up thinking that real men are bullies and torturers, then we are in real trouble.
I prefer Dave Barry’s take on that insipid, vile book: http://www.miamiherald.com/living/liv-columns-blogs/dave-barry/article1960978.html
If Barry’s account is correct, Grey and Steele tease for hundreds of pages then he FINALLY beats her once and she splits.
It’s the tease that gives it the energy to the gals. And that was why Ms. James tortured her typewriter so.