Fifty shades of Grey sold 50 million copies, why?

[chris_987]

[lightbulb27]

never looked at, read, or watched, but have basic concept. how many females over prior 3 generations have been overwhelmed, controlled, raped, abused, coerced and passed on those emotions and lack of strength to offspring? How many watched and absorbed such energies from media sources created such imagery? They are in essence, coming from that viewpoint of desire, control and such.

Might just be a trait of estrogenized behavior.

Warning though... all of that is a ploy to get what they want, sperm... to reproduce. once have that..."they got ya"... whether "50 shades" had her tied up or not, now he is tied up for 20+ years:) You might want to be tied up by her and love her, that is your choice, it's a wondeful calling and choice. But know she has power too...

you been educated...

That's why...

[abc3643]

Well, because the equation is:

X Shades of Grey = X million copies sold.

So, for instance, if it was "Sixty Shades of Grey", then it would have sold 60 million copies. After all, it's 10 more shades of Grey.

[Anonymous]

When it came out it was a free secret book on the internet that you had to know someone to get. It took off like wildfire in one day, so when they formally published it everyone raced to get it. They couldn't have planned a better PR campaign.

[chris_987]

And why would women like the book in the first place?

[Genie23]

I never read those books and never really saw the movie but I'm guessing many people are into BDSM (my friend told me what the story is about and what sort of scenes they showed) so it gets them going. 🤷🏻‍♀️

[chris_987]

You don't think this says anything about female psychology?

[AI Opinion]

"Fifty Shades of Grey" sold 50 million copies due to its sensational and provocative content, which captured the curiosity of a wide audience. Its controversial themes of romance and eroticism generated word-of-mouth buzz. Additionally, the book tapped into an underexplored genre at the time, offering readers an escape into a fantasy world. Many readers were drawn to the intense relationship between the characters, which kept them engaged and eager for more. The book also gained further popularity through media attention and its subsequent movie adaptation. 📚✨

[andreasderjuengere]

I see it similar to the short lived

''fidget spinners''

everybody was talking about it, and so ---> ''I wants one, too''

... and once you figured out what it is (not), you threw it away.

[Apple1996]

Probably the same reason why those videos on pornhub have millions of views. Everyone's just horny

[DryGermanGuy]

Isn’t the category called „housewife porn“ or „soccer-mom porn“? There are lots of housewives and soccer-moms around, for sure! 😬😬😬

[Subtle_Luminescence]

Humans, very weird beings. We'll look for stories in porn and porn in stories.

[Levin]

Too many horny women love that soft porn bullshit.

[genericname85]

that's like asking why things go viral. it's just random. that's all there is to it. also it's porn for women so yeah. sex always sells.

[WonderingManII]

I got no idea. I heard one pastor call it porn.

[chrissykerdock]

something about arousal women like

[chris_987]

Which is what?

[chrissykerdock]

arousal that will do iit why do most girls prefer facefucking versus a sensous blowjob

[chris_987]

I'm not sure how you got that statistics

[SotiCoto]

Bandwagon Effect.

[Anonymous]

I have no idea why.

[Anonymous]

People like freaky stuff

[Anonymous]

The freaky Twilight.

[chris_987]

What does twilight have to do with it?

[Opinion Owner]

The author of those movies based it off that.

[chris_987]

I never saw either movie. What's the similarities?

[Opinion Owner]

Everything is about the same except its not about bdsm in twilight ofc and about vampires and werewolves. Take that out and add the bdsm it's about the same. Their both basically about controlling possessive guys falling in love with basic looking girls.

[chris_987]

And why would girls want controlling possessive guys even though everyday to tell us they're not attracted to that.

[Opinion Owner]

I don't know it was made for teen girls so they don't really know any better.

[chris_987]

Why would a woman write sexual book for teenage girls. Seems predatory to me

[Opinion Owner]

No I meant Twilight not 50 shades. The other woman who wrote 50 shades was writing fan fiction for older women.

[chris_987]

Oh ok that makes but not the part about girls wanting a controlling possessive guy. Especially if they're both female writers

[Opinion Owner]

Never said it did make sense but that's just what the fan base mainly women and girls liked then. I think today it would be much different though. A lot of women realize how toxic that is to want a guy like that. Today movies and books like that wouldn't fly.

[jahaims]

Deductive reasoning

[Pterodon]

Easy. Sex sells