Friday, August 22, 2014

Zombie Bestsellers

Reading “50 Shades of Grey” is linked to abusive relationships and eating disorders
“Fifty Shades of Grey” were more likely than non-readers to exhibit signs of eating disorders and to have relationships with verbally abusive partners.
What’s more, women who read all three books in the series also proved to be at an increased risk of binge drinking regularly and of having multiple sex partners. Whether women started showing signs of these behaviors before or after they read the book was not distinguished in the study. But, according to lead researcher Amy Bonomi, a professor at Michigan State University, it doesn’t matter when participants experienced these behaviors; the link is problematic either way.
The reason I never read this book is because it perpetuates all the misinformation and gender expectations that keep us sick.
Eating disorders and self injury are symptoms and causes of systemic infection.  That Grey guy sounds like a walking biohazard to me.
Not really very sexy at all.