The film's opening on Valentine's Day weekend is sure to help its sales, and as we've seen, the film has received wide exposure.

'I don't think women should ever feel guilty about sex or sexual desires or sexual pleasures,' she said. Filipovic said it taps into a desire to explore satisfaction in the bedroom. The film is expected to gross $60 million in its first four days. 'It can be really hard to separate out, if you're talking about hitting someone in a sexual way, how excited do you have to be about it to make it consensual? Is it a matter of saying 'yes' or saying 'no,' or is it a matter of showing up and saying 'I really want to do this with you?' I think at the very least this film offers an opportunity for women to think about their sexuality to maybe go see the film with their partner to say 'Hey that looks kind of fun' or 'Hey that looks awful, let's never do that.'' Literature student Anastasia Steeles life changes forever when she meets handsome, yet tormented, billionaire. 'It's Cinderella in leather, I guess,' senior writer Jill Filipovic said.īut she also said experimentation must come with consent. Watch a trailer for Fifty Shades of Grey. Yes, that was a theme of 50 Shades of Grey. Amy: To me its like, yes, women fantasize about sexual submission. Then, Tom Cruise and Nicole Kidman explored a sexual dark side in 1999's 'Eyes Wide Shut.' Like, the protagonist in 50 Shades of Grey and Hanna in Girls. 'Valley of the Dolls' mixed sex with drugs in 1967 and 20 years later '9 1/2 Weeks' introduced America to sexual props. FIFTY SHADES OF GREY: When college student Anastasia Steele goes to interview young entrepreneur Christian Grey, she encounters a man who is beautiful. But 'Fifty Shades of Grey' is part of a longer history of erotically controversial films.

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