Fifty Shades of Grey ~ Rather, 50 Shades of Lies

The topic came up a few days ago at church, and I read a blog post by Dannah Gresh (author of Lies Young Women Believe) this morning on truewoman.com saying, basically, the same thing. From what I've heard and read, the movie Fifty Shades of Grey is one of those movies you'll probably regret seeing if you do. It comes out on Valentine's Day, touted as a romantic story, but critics say it glamorizes and perpetuates violence against women and is filled with pornography. Its images will cripple your relationships.

It apparently has become "a global sensation," beginning with the book series, but there's currently a social media campaign called #50dollarsnot50shades against the movie, asking people to donate $50 to a battered women’s shelter instead of going to see the movie.

Dr. Gail Dines, professor at Wheelock College in Boston and the founder of Stop Porn Culture, an organization aimed at raising awareness about the harms of pornography, says this about the movie,

“I meet women who married ‘Christian Grey’. They are on the run for their lives. They are living in battered women’s shelters. They’ve got two teeth knocked out, cigarette burns up and down their arm and traumatized kids in tow.”
          – Dr. Gail Dines, author of 'Pornland: How the Porn Industry Has Hijacked Our Sexuality'

God created us as sexual beings and intended sex to be a beautiful experience between husband and wife, an expression of pleasure far beyond the physical. The Enemy of all things good seeks whom and what he may devour, and his intent is to destroy anything that reflects the goodness of God. Satan strategizes against our experiencing the fullness of who we were created to be. Shades of Grey is part of his arsenal.

Resist. 

Painting ~ A Lady in Gray 1859, Daniel Macnee 1821-1895
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