A wave of people have been bravely sharing their stories of sexual assault by men in power, following an expose on Harvey Weinstein last month.
Now, the Director of Communications at the National Center on Sexual Exploitation has written about why she believes the Fifty Shades series – starring Jamie Dornan and Dakota Johnson – is “glamorising… abuse as mere entertainment”.
In a column for Townhall, Katherine Blakeman said: “Women want and deserve healthy and consensual intimate relationships.
“So, Fifty Shades author E.L. James dressed up a sadomasochistic, abusive sexual relationship as just that – one that ended in true love, was based on consent, and was healthy for both partners.
