Fifty Shades of Grey depicts RAPE and has been criticized by BDSM advocates

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156. The assumption you are making and that I was alluding to is about my sexuality.

Your words concerning me were to "stop what has apparently become a compulsive activity if (I) can't control it." That is quite a leap to make based upon what I wrote in my original post. Where in the hell did you get the idea that my sexual behavior is either "compulsive" or something I can't control? The fact that I am capable of self-examination in regard to my sexual preferences should tell you or anybody else that I am in control. I can do that about myself without considering myself sick or in need of help.

Furthermore, I don't know why you have taken it upon yourself to advise me in regard to how to deal with an aspect of my sexuality that bothers me. Apparently, you feel compelled to do so, since you have told me to seek help or not engage in it, and I can only guess that your doing that is your way of trying to belittle me as you obviously feel belittled by anyone who has the "audacity" to question BDSM.

I won't apologize or be made to feel bad because I think sexual practices that are based upon pain, humiliation, and the subjugation of others should be examined. If that makes me part of the "morality police" so be it. I don't think it does, but if it makes you feel superior or more enlightened to slap that label on others, then go right ahead. I'll sleep easy no matter what.

And one last comment before I go watch World War Z with my beloved spouse who willingly spanks my butt because he knows I get off on it (and yes, I can do that and then go naval gaze as to why my orgasms are astounding after he does so). I don't really think it is that big of a stretch to think that some people might want to consider why a book depicting female submission has sold like hotcakes and then question what that means in a culture that has historically sanctioned the subjugation of women and which has and still does have religious institutions that dictate that a woman should be submissive to her husband in all things. And before you go off and start fussing that I have gendered submissive behavior, I have not. Fifty Shades IS about a female submissive. When a book becomes a bestseller that features a male submissive, you don't think the men will be saying "What the hell?" and maybe looking at the cultural relevance?