So let’s all make sure America doesn’t become that country, because I really don’t want to move to Canada. The Presidential nominee of a major party is caught on tape bragging about committing criminal sexual assault and his supporters’ best defense is, “yeah, but some women read a book that is almost, kinda, but not really like what he said.” I don’t want to live in a country where reading a book - any book - means I give up my most basic human rights. This is a stupid meme about a very serious subject that deserves to be treated with respect and dignity, not snotty, half-baked false equivalencies. It is the newest form of “she was asking for it” and “why did you flirt with him if you didn’t want to have sex with him?” and “did you see what she was wearing?” It’s taking aim at an easy target, a much-maligned but extremely popular book loved primarily by women, to slut shame readers into silence and submission. This meme is a pathetic attempt to deflect the blame onto women and gaslight them. Everyone understands this, except when it comes to women having control over what happens to their body. Fans of The Godfather don’t automatically sign up to have a horse head placed in their bed. Men do not volunteer to be shot at every time they watch an action movie. No one would imply that if a person enjoyed The Hurt Locker, they have no right to object to being forced in close proximity of a bomb as it ticks down. Comments on these posts are saying 100 million women are too dumb to separate fiction from fact. This meme implies that women do not have the intelligence to tell the difference between a fictional fantasy and assault.
Fifty shades of grey meme full#
We have real proof of an aspiring Commander In Chief expressly advocating forcibly touching women against their will for his own pleasure.Ĭhristian Grey is a fictional character in a fictional book, which women willingly read with a full understanding of its fictional status. He wants to hold the highest office in a country that prides itself on being the “greatest nation in the world.” His words are indicative of the ingrained opinions and attitudes of a man who not only exists in the real world, but wants to be one of its most powerful people.
Fifty shades of grey meme free#
I’ll acknowledge that there is still discussion on whether or not that’s enough, and refrain from delving further into that topic, but it’s certainly more than Trump permits with his “don’t even wait.”ĭonald Trump is a real, actual person trying to be Leader of the Free World. It should also be noted for those who haven’t read the book (which, I’m assuming, is everyone sharing this meme) that Ana signs a literal contract, providing clear, written consent. Because they have read words on a page arranged in a certain order, they are not allowed to be disgusted by the idea of Trump’s slobbery lips pressed unwanted against their own body. The people sharing and defending this meme are saying that because a woman has done nothing more than read a book with rough sex in it, she does not have the right to object to unwanted sexual advances from anyone. A woman who enjoys sex at one particular time with one particular person has the right to say no at any given time to any given person, including those she has already had sex with. It’s also what’s missing in Trump’s recorded statements.Ĭonsent is not immutable nor universal. Consent is the bold, clear line between sexual activity and sexual assault. #LearnTheDifference and #GrowUp E L James October 9, 2016Ĭonsent is an agreement between two or more people to engage in sexual activity. The word “pussy” does not appear in Fifty Shades of Grey. Not to mention, if you want to get fact checky, the word “pussy” does not even appear in Fifty Shades of Grey. It’s called rape culture and it is the problem, no matter which words are used. Believing that it is perfectly okay for grown men to laugh about sexually assaulting women is monstrous. If Trump had said “grab them by their delicate lady parts,” this would still be a huge problem. They indicate, encourage, and excuse actions defined, very clearly, as sexual assault. They’re lines straight out of a sexual predator’s playbook.
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Trump’s words aren’t “just” words, either.
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I have made seasoned construction foremen blush with my own words. Virtually no one - certainly no one who reads erotica - is upset by Trump’s “naughty” words.