You’re entitled to your opinion, certainly, but I have the feeling you haven’t read the books. Yes, there are graphic depictions of sex, some of it depraved sex (IMO). But the whole progress of the trilogy is moving the hero from a depraved lifestyle to a more normal one. I don’t recall more than the slightest passing reference to homosexuality. None of the main characters are homosexual. He is into heterosexual domination and through the course of the books, it is made clear that he took up that lifestyle after an extremely abusive childhood, including a relationship with an older woman when he was an adolescent, and is eventually able to overcome it. The lead characters are heterosexuals who eventually marry and have children.
You’re right...I haven’t read the books, just a number of blog postings and reviews about them. I wasn’t saying that there was any homosexuality in the books...my concern was that these books were just another vehicle for desensitizing our culture to other sexual perversions in the same fashion that our culture has been desensitized to homosexuality and gay marriage. You are right, though...just my opinion.
It’s fascinating to me that you neglected to mention that the ‘reformer’ in this dense series is a 22 year old virgin.
I found it completely laughable and unbelievable and to suggest that it was some desire breed from ‘love’ that healed Mr. Grey is silly. It was more along the lines of a young girl being obsessed with the feeling this dipwad inspired in her. I could go on but honestly, I’m more than bored with these hokey books.
I found her writing to be extremely juvenile and the plot completely unrealistic. Not creative in the least and her constant use of the same phrases revealed her want to shock more than her desire to craft a brilliant story.
But hey, if you found some message in this tripe, good for you.