Moms and Fifty Shades of Grey

I've been thinking about this a lot and I think I finally understand why Fifty Shades of Grey has been so popular with mothers in the US. I still don’t understand the fascination with Twilight, but one can’t have everything.

Why are grown women so interested in submission and being dominated by a man? I've decided it has to do with vacations.

The old story is that when families go on vacation the kids and husband are often allowed to relax the mom is still the one who is responsible for everything. This is no longer the case with every family, but it seems that the families that stick to traditional gender roles disproportionately have moms who enjoy Fifty Shades of Grey.

These women are tired…worn out. Whether they work outside the home or are responsible for the kids and the home they need a break that they never get. The might get the opportunity to have a girls night out for a few hours or the luxury of a weekend away once a year, but that’s it.

The rest of the time they are responsible for EVERYTHING. They do all of the grocery shopping and most of the cooking and whatever the kids have for lunch is their responsibility. The husband may make breakfast one day on the weekend, which is supposed to make her elated even when she has cooked EVERY OTHER MEAL that week, with minimal appreciation.

So mom cooks and often works outside the home and is also supposed to make sure that all of the chores get done and the kids get the clothes they need, oh and the husband has underwear. She makes sure everyone gets to the doctor visits and is up to date on their shots. When she gets home from work she makes dinner and is after the kids to finish their homework.

When the dad gets home he gets to take a break or eat the dinner she has made and then gets fussy if she wants him to do the dishes.

So this is the story of many of the moms I know. This is their life. Then they read a book about a man who is in charge of everything, money isn’t a worry and it seems like a wonderful break from their reality.

While the erotica stories of submissives are varied the main point of a submissive is that they don’t need to or get to make any decisions. They are told what to wear and what to do. They get to have lots of sex and lots of orgasms, so they get spanked now and again, this is all just fantasy anyway.

And no decisions need to be made. They don’t need to think of which home repair should be addressed first, what color to paint the kitchen, whether the kids are getting too much screen time and enough green veggies, whether their husband will help out with stuff today…

I’m not saying that Fifty Shades of Grey is good, just that it fills a need. This is a book that allows women who have had little connection with porn to read something they find sexy and titillating, but without language they would find graphic and uncomfortable. And it allows them to live in a fantasy for a while. No one is going to read this series and go find a submissive contract to sign (well, one should never say no one but not many, certainly). This allows women to take flight in a world where money is never an issue, they get lots of easy orgasms and need to make few decisions.

They just get to sit back in a kneeling position and wait to hear what there are supposed to do next…HEAVEN.