Fifty Shades Of Grey Analysis

Fifty Shades of Grey has become a force in modern pop culture, despite its mediocrity. Sophie Godley argues that it has done so by presenting itself to the sexually uneducated as depicting taboo, when in fact it is composed of the same overused tropes that romance novels have been utilizing since their invention. Unfortunately, as Godley says, due to the underwhelming quality of the American sexual education system, a book like Fifty Shades that purports to being unconventional can and does feed a number of unhealthy ideals into already existing misconceptions.

Abstinence-based sexual education comes from a foundation of Christian morality and employs shame and fear to attempt to prevent teenagers from engaging in sexual acts prior to marriage. The goal is to reduce teenage pregnancy, sexually transmitted infections, and of course, the perceived sin of adultery. However noble these goals may be, abstinence-based education has been repeatedly proven to be non-effective, particularly when compared to more comprehensive sexual education programs. The result of multiple generations of ineffective sexuality
If Americans are indeed poorly educated in regards to sexuality, then they deserve a sex movie that counters the eidolon they've been forced to learn as fact. Had Godley said that Fifty Shades of Grey was an anticipatable product of a sexist, uneducated society rather than contending that it is all that is suitable, her article would be far more convincing and, frankly,