From Robin Thicke to Justin Timberlake and Miley Cyrus, 2014 seems to top the years with its explicit music videos, promotion of pornography, degradation of women and violence. YouTube has had to make decisions regarding content from all three artists.
Feminist scholar and activist, Gail Dines, reviews Fifty Shades of Grey: “I was prepared for a bad movie that would make any feminist enraged at the way Grey manipulates and controls women. What I wasn’t prepared for was the way the predatory behavior of Grey in the books looks so much worse when translated into images.”
Critics weigh-in, and “Fifty Shades of Grey” does not get good reviews.
Diana Parry, an associate professor of Recreation and Leisure Studies at the University of Waterloo in Ontario, Canada, conducted research that found women who read “Fifty Shades of Grey” moved to consume sexually explicit material online, such as pornography.
Washington, DC –Thursday night, February 13, 2015, “Fifty Shades of Grey” was released in theaters. Dawn Hawkins, executive director of National Center on Sexual Exploitation (NCSE), which is the leading organization dedicated to opposing pornography by highlighting the links to sex trafficking, violence against women, and abuse, reluctantly fulfilled her obligation to see the film with the purpose of educating others on its content.
By Gail Dines, Stop Porn Culture and Dawn Hawkins, National Center on Sexual Exploitation Women everywhere have had enough, and now they are taking to
Dawn Hawkins, our Executive Director, has been doing daily interviews with national news outlets who are interested in our message against the popular franchise: it normalizes and promotes domestic abuse.
In just one week, E.L. James fans will see Hollywood’s take on her twisted tale, “Fifty Shades of Grey.” Regardless of the film’s “unusual” content, as the MPAA describes it, the book’s main theme will burn through the big screen: Domestic violence and sexual abuse against women is romantic and empowering—and women want it. You can shade a lie any color you want, but it does not make it true. Hollywood is fetishing gender inequality and selling it as an empowered love story. The latest twist is that this agenda was pushed by morning talked shows, like “The Today Show,” all last week.
In Case You Missed It… Dawn Hawkins, Executive Director, National Center on Sexual Exploitation (NCSE), appeared on ABC’s “Good Morning America” today to discuss “Fifty
With over 100 million copies of the book sold and box office projections of over $45 million over the movie’s first four opening days, “Fifty Shades of Grey” will continue to impact readers and viewers across the globe. However, the erotic best seller has produced negative effects on many of its readers, encouraging acceptance toward sexual violence, promotion of eating disorders and destruction of sexual realities.
WASHINGTON – The D.C.-based National Center on Sexual Exploitation is calling for a boycott of the new movie “Fifty Shades of Grey,” saying it glamorizes sexual violence. Based on the book series, which has sold more than 100 million copies worldwide, ticket pre-sales are surging in advances of the movie release, set for Valentine’s Day weekend.
A grassroots campaign has been launched across social media to encourage people to boycott the new Fifty Shades of Grey film. #50dollarsnot50shades is asking the public to skip watching the movie in February, and instead give the $50 (£33) they would have spent on tickets, food and drinks to a domestic violence shelter or agency.
