Porn And Romance

[nailit]

Whats the difference?
(probably get deleted but lets try anyway as its a genuine question)

Men often get castigated for viewing porn and yet 50 Shades of Grey was both a best selling book and a best selling film (and written by a woman and *for* women).
In the book/film the 'subordinate' character gets dominated by Grey, the protagonist.

In 'romance' (the Barbara Cartland type) Men are heroic heroes of the white knight style. (and often unrealistic)

So why is 50 shades more popular that Barbara Cartland amongst women?
Do women like porn as much as men but just wont admit it?

[pastafreak]

Maybe I was fading..

[kvalidir]

The thing is 50 shades is about as Vanilla as you can get, badly written pseudo smut pretending to be daring, kind of like Barbara Cartland on acid, nothing romantic and nothing sensual about it. Porn can be both, or neither, depends on the porn, the people watching and their general viewpoint to it. Personally I don't mind or have objections to men watching it, that's up to them, it would only be an issue if it affected our relationship, otherwise it's none of my business and certainly not something to get jealous about.

[nailit]

//badly written pseudo smut pretending to be daring, kind of like Barbara Cartland on acid, nothing romantic and nothing sensual about it//
That ^ about sums it up for me. ;-)