Why is this 40 Shades thing such a big thing for the ladies ?

Shiraz 4.99

Recent visit to the cinema & I get subjected to the trailer for the new 40 Shades of Grey film, coming soon (snigger).
Why did this phenomena just take off the way it did ?.
Do women not realise there's porn on the internet now that caters for all taste ?.
There's even erotic fiction wich could be downloaded discreetly to your e-reader if that was your fancy.

It's like the year is 1982 & women have just discovered their first jazz mag scrunched up in a bush, it's a bit embarrassing really.

coffeepls

10 shades short there

Maximus Alexander

Yeah women, stop liking things the way men do.

nokia69

because people are like sheep

The Backwards Man

coffeepls wrote: »

10 shades short there

It's the Johnny Cash version

PizzamanIRL

It represents the 50 emotions they go through on a daily basis.

coffeepls

nokia69 wrote: »

because people are like sheep

Crikey.... no mention of sheep in the book I read....

whiskeyman

Sales of the books rocketed after loads of dyslexic women bought it thinking it was a sales catalogue for M&S

Memnoch

It's cheap porn for women who think that the idea of looking at porn is wrong and would abhor it in their partners. It gives them a chance to explore what they consider to be pretty dark and naughty fantasies.

YbFocus

Its the best thing ever, my ex read them and they always set her mad!
I'd never give out if he wrote a few more!
It gives the ladies ideas

conorhal

What's is baffling is the number of people that appear to be semi-literate enough to buy the book. That and the strange phenomenon that was prevelvant for a couple of years ago whereby threatening to belt seven shades of shoite out of somebody would get you arrested, but adding another 43 however somehow makes them weak at the knees?

Gone Drinking

Because all the popular womens magazines said it was the "in thing" to like.

MonkeyTennis

nokia69 wrote: »

because people are like sheep

That's 50 Sheds of Grey

BeerWolf

Because women have sex on their mind just as much as men, all the time.

bb1234567

Are you serious?
And how many women are anti depressants due to this? whered you find that out hmm

Having only managed to read about 50% of it - due to a complete lack of any recognisable literary merit in the book - having thankfully taken it off a friends book shelf rather than paying for it - I am as baffled as the next person as to it's success. There is other fiction and porn catering to those sexual tastes too - likely with much more artistic merits of which this book is on the bottom of the quality scale.

So - similar to Gone Drinking above - the only assumption left to me at this time is the success of this one book in particular has to be down to little more than good marketing. An area of academia of which I am almost entirely ignorant - so perhaps someone better versed in marketing can comment on it. Probably a great case-study for anyone studying in that field.

Maximus Alexander

Imagine it's September 2013:

A woman wrote:

Recently watching TV & I get subjected to the trailer for the new Grand Theft Auto 5 game, coming soon.
Why did this phenomena just take off the way it did ?.
Do men not realise there's video games on the internet now that cater for all tastes?.
There's even violent games which could be downloaded discreetly to your phone if that was your fancy.

It's like the year is 1995 & men have just discovered their first video game stuffed under their brother's bed, it's a bit embarrassing really.

Venus In Furs

Deleted User wrote: »

the only assumption left to me at this time is the success of this one book in particular has to be down to little more than good marketing.

Yup.

auldgranny

YbFocus wrote: »

Its the best thing ever, my ex read them and they always set her mad!
I'd never give out if he wrote a few more!
It gives the ladies ideas

You are doing it wrong if she needs films or books.

whiskeyman

auldgranny wrote: »

You are doing it wrong if she needs films or books.

He obviously did it very wrong since she's his ex...

emo72

Poor worn out husband's, afraid to go to bed. Trembling with fear. Phantom headaches popping up everywhere.

KKkitty

I got pregnant after reading them. Dangerous books so they are.

KKkitty

emo72 wrote: »

Poor worn out husband's, afraid to go to bed. Trembling with fear. Phantom headaches popping up everywhere.

Never actually heard of a man feigning a headache to get out of sex.

Gatling

KKkitty wrote: »

I got pregnant after reading them. Dangerous books so they are.

Did you forget to leave the jacket on the cover

whiskeyman

KKkitty wrote: »

I got pregnant after reading them. Dangerous books so they are.

Did the book not wear a cover?


Edit - haha! great minds Gatling!

Lucena

coffeepls wrote: »

10 shades short there

Not unless he's talking about the 2011 documentary about the situation in Israel and Palestine.

KKkitty

Gatling wrote: »

Did you forget to leave the jacket on the cover

Unfortunately my books didn't come with protection.

Lucena

KKkitty wrote: »

Unfortunately my books didn't come with protection.

And neither did your partner!

KKkitty

Lucena wrote: »

And neither did your partner!

After reading those books I was a bit flustered anyway.

smash

The whole 50 shades thing got as many bad reviews as it got good ones but I guess there's no such thing as bad publicity and at the end of the day everyone wanted to know what it was all about.

Bottom line for me is that if you take away the fact that the guy is a billionaire, the majority of women wouldn't put up with his shít.

TL;DR = Women want money.

OU812

Shiraz 4.99 wrote: »

Recent visit to the cinema & I get subjected to the trailer for the new 40 Shades of Grey film, coming soon (snigger).
Why did this phenomena just take off the way it did ?.

Two words: Moist Gussets