Vedno sem rada delala scrapbooking. In sedaj je tudi moj blog bolj en tak virtualni scrapbook. Izrežem kaj s kake spletne strani kar se me dotakne, in dodam še kaj svojega premišljevanja. Danes torej nekaj o 50 odtenkov sive, ki se jim v teh dneh ne moreš izogntiti-še če spremljaš minimalno vse skupaj tako kot jaz.
Nisem padla pod vso to 50 odtenkov obsesijo. Ker je res obsesija. Vsako valentinovo (kako priročno) pride ven en pocukran film. Pocukran naj še bo. Ampak sado-mazo? To je pač en poseben fetiš na katerega pada nekaj procentov ljudi. Prav. Ni moj problem.
Me pa vse malo čudi. Se je procent ljudi, ki so za take prakse kar naenkrat povečal? Ali ljudje drvijo na ta film samo zato, ker vsi grejo (če je to, potem so res ovčke). Morda so določeni ljudje mislili, da je to romantična komedija,ker je prišla ven ravno na valentinovo (ni). Morda so si obetali določene žgečkljive prizore (no, to se pa v 21.stoletju dobi tudi prek drugih kanalov). Tako, da res ne razumem uspeha tega filma.
Vsi odnosi so malo disfunkcionalni.Vsi imamo svoje lastne kovčke. Eni imajo srečo in v njih malo, drugi veliko. Vse pa pač ni ljubezen.To, da te nekdo ponižuje, da te je strah, da te zasleduje, da te izolira od prijateljev in družine-ni seksi. Je kvečjemu znak, da nekaj grozno smrdi v odnosu.
In še zadnji drobec-ko sem ravno vtipkala 50 shades.. v google sem prišla na Imdb. In kaksno oceno je dobil film? 4!!! od 10. Torej tudi kritiško ni ne vem kaj.
(http://www.relevantmagazine.com/culture/film/fifty-shades-grey-and-abuse) vzeto iz te strani.
At this point, all of us have heard of E.L. James’ bestselling erotic novel, Fifty Shades of Grey. The book has sold over 100 million copies around the world, and the movie is set to open at $60 million.
I’m sure many of you, like myself, have sat on public transportation silently judging those around you who toted around the paperback, wondering at the appeal of the depiction of a BDSM relationship in this Twilight fanfiction. I made fun of the snippets of prose I heard and wrinkled my nose at descriptions of the plot.
In my shallow judgment, however, I overlooked several key problems in the text. Although I correctly characterized it as pornographic, I didn’t make the link that so often comes with pornography: the encouragement of violence against women. Upon closer inspection, Fifty Shades of Grey is not just harmless “mommy porn.” it clearly depicts a deeply abusive relationship in which its protagonist suffers emotional and physical violence at the hands of her partner. And, worst of all, it doesn’t seem to realize this.
Fifty Shades of Grey is not just harmless “mommy porn.” it clearly depicts a deeply abusive relationship … And, worst of all, it doesn’t seem to realize this.
Amy Bonomi, professor and chairperson of Michigan State University’s Department of Human Development and Family studies, has made some disturbing findings. A thorough 2013 study of the book concludes that “emotional and sexual abuse is pervasive in the novel,” appearing in almost every interaction between the protagonists, Anastasia and Christian. Both exhibit textbook signs of abuse: Christian, the so-called love interest, actively stalks Ana, purchasing her place of work and tracking her whereabouts through an app on her phone (“No place to run. I would find you. I can track your cell phone—remember?”). He controls her behaviors, her food intake, and dictates who she is allowed to spend her time with, isolating her from friends and family. He belittles her, threatens her and blames her. As a consequence, Ana is afraid of making Christian angry, afraid to talk to her friends, and insecure in her own personhood (“He’d probably like to beat seven shades of s*** out of me. The thought is depressing”).
Far from “empowering,” Fifty Shades seeks to remove agency. Even though it’s supposed to seem “sexy,” the book even includes several instances of rape, where Ana is coerced into or outright forced to have sex. The BDSM community itself has been outspoken on the issue, distancing itself from the horrific lack of safety or consent in the novel: “Fifty Shades is not about fun,” says BDSM practitioner, Sophie Morgan, in The Guardian. “It’s about abuse.”
“Lose control,” a movie poster urges. Another shows Christian Grey with a tie wrapped around his fist. “I exercise control in all things, Miss Steele,” he says in the trailer. When Anastasia asks, “Why are you trying to change me?” he replies with the saccharine, “I’m not. It’s you that’s changing me.”
While there have been several well-rendered and moving depictions of abuse in media, all of these recognize domestic violence as a cardinal sin; none are as bafflingly oblivious as Fifty Shades of Grey. The marketing for the film is sickening: posited as “an incredible fairytale love story,” encouraged as a date-night movie, and set to release just in time for Valentine’s Day, Fifty Shades barrels ahead without an ounce of self-awareness—or, perhaps, of conscience. The abusive behaviors are treated as adorably flirtatious interaction; here, domestic violence is met with the enthusiastic approval of the story’s protagonists.
The message is clear: by turning these same behaviors around to market them as “romance,” this film effectively silences the experience of millions of victims of abuse. She might not think that she likes being mistreated, it says, but in the end, isn’t it what she really wanted? Christian Grey can do no wrong, so the fault must lie squarely on the shoulders of the 21-year-old college student in a relationship with a rich older man.
By setting it up as romantic, this movie sends out the toxic message that, in the end, you can change your abuser.
Reprehensible threats and behavior are represented as playful fun; force ends up being acceptable because, although it starts with Anastasia’s terror, it ends with her enjoyment. This is what women want, says Fifty Shades of Grey: the perpetuation of violent rape culture. Here, coercion is acceptable, abuse is extolled, and consent is ignored. Psychiatrist Dr. Miriam Grossman sums it up well: “Fifty Shades of Grey teaches your daughter that pain and humiliation are erotic, and your son, that girls want a guy who controls, intimidates and threatens.”
In the weeks leading up to the movie’s release, hundreds of boycotts have sprouted up on social media: #50dollarsnot50shades encourages potential viewers to donate the $50 they would have spent on a night out at the movies to a local women’s shelter for survivors of domestic abuse.
Films like these are honestly a regressive step back in society’s perception of violence against women. The argument that “Fifty Shades of Grey is just fantasy!” has been popular in defending the movie’s treatment of its protagonist, but it doesn’t quite ring true. Unfortunately, for one in four American women, Fifty Shades is a brutal reality.
By setting it up as romantic, this movie sends out the toxic message that, in the end, you can change your abuser. It tells sufferers that their experience is invalid, and, like Anastasia, they should learn to accept and enjoy their situation.
We like to believe that we are somehow immune to the ideas and values that are pumped out by the culture that we live in, but that isn’t true. We like to label fiction as “just a story,” cutting it off from our world, but truthfully, every story that is told comes from a very specific point of view. Everyone wants to say something, and the television, books, and movies that lack a clear agenda most obviously show the values and acceptable behaviors of a society: the casual image of a fully-clothed man surrounded by women in swimsuits in a commercial for an unrelated product, the seemingly justified violence equated with masculinity in action movies, the big-gesture moments in romantic comedies that undermine the hard work of real relationships.
We cannot continue to mistake infatuation for romance, or obsession for love.
Bonomi’s second study shows that women who have read Fifty Shades are more likely to have an abusive partner and unhealthy eating habits, and regardless of causation, the correlation is troubling.
It is so difficult to be aware, but our world is built of stories, good or bad, lazy or carefully constructed, and each disseminates its own point of view. Fifty Shades fills the shape of violence and abuse with the concept of romance, and this is the most dangerous tactic E.L. James could have used, whether or not she realizes this. We cannot continue to mistake infatuation for romance, or obsession for love.
Christian Grey should look up the definition of love in 1 Corinthians: unlike his treatment of Anastasia, real love is “patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. It does not dishonor others, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres.”
Read more at http://www.relevantmagazine.com/culture/film/fifty-shades-grey-and-abuse#as8BI21hld1TowPG.99
