A Mother Writes: A Letter To My Children About ’50 Shades of Grey’

With the just released "Fifty Shades of Grey" setting box office records during its opening weekend, we found this Mom's letter on BonBonBreak.com: "A letter to My Children About '50 Shades of Grey.'" 

The letter was written by author Michelle Lewsen and originally posted on her website: TheyCallMeMummy.com:

"Tonight, I succumbed to peer pressure (exactly what I caution you NEVER to do) and went with a bunch of girlfriends to see 'Fifty Shades of Grey.' Well, I wish I had done as I always tell you to do and given that voice credit because it was right. The thing is, I’m also kind of glad I didn’t because now I have these words for you.

"Let me begin by telling you what '50 Shades of Grey' is not. It is not a love story.

"As for harmless S&M, please understand that this screenplay’s message is the polar opposite of harmless. In this ‘harmless’ piece of fluff movie, a rich, handsome, experienced man uses his power to seduce and manipulate a young, innocent student into doing a lot of things she is extremely uncomfortable doing.

"Rather, it’s a movie about a narcissistic man’s controlling and violent sexual desires and his sense of entitlement to use and abuse a vulnerable young woman’s body and mind as tools for his own gratification. It’s all about his needs, coupled with the arrogant expectation that she should comply.

"I sat in the theater and looked around me at hundreds of women, buying into this so-called ‘sexy love story’ and I felt sick. If an entire theater of women three times your age couldn’t see how damaging this plot line is, how on earth are teenage girls and boys supposed to?"