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"The steamy novels by E.L. James aren&amp;#39;t just porn for women. Who knew?\nPinterestFacebook&amp;quot;Mmm, flogging.&amp;quot;\nInterestingly,50 Shades Of Grey, which contains violent sex and BDSM scenes that have sent certain feminist writers into a tizzy (though hardly the first to do so: hello, Ayn Rand), appears to be opening men&amp;#39;s eyes to the romance and tenderness that can go along with a dom/sub relationship, according to the Orlando Sentinel. (Which the movie Secretary taught me back in 2002, but hey, some of us are late bloomers.)\nThe trilogy&amp;#39;s male fans quoted in the Florida paper&amp;#39;s story include an Iraqi war vet, a 66-year-old retired OB-GYN, and a theater manager in California. And guess what they all fixated on? Love.\n&amp;quot;People hear about flogging and stuff like that in this book, and they don&amp;#39;t get it. I became emotionally invested in the love story, especially from the female&amp;#39;s perspective. That was important to me, to put myself in Ana&amp;#39;s shoes. It was overwhelming, and I&amp;#39;ll never forget it,&amp;quot; said the war veteran, 26-year-old Jeremiah Wirth, who unfortunately has a girlfriend. :(\nSaid the OB-GYN, who writes medical thrillers now: &amp;quot;I don&amp;#39;t quite know what to make of this sort of sexual activity but as a love story, it did succeed.&amp;quot; But his wife, he says, wasn&amp;#39;t into them.\nAnd Josh Puckett, the theater manager, reports that he feels for the older, dominant male character: &amp;quot;[Grey is a] lost, hurt little boy who craves nothing more than to be deserving of unconditional love.&amp;quot;\n__\nDid you read the book, guys? Now I&amp;#39;m kinda feeling like I should pick up a copy. Commence blushing!__\nMore on erotica (and books in general):\nSo, Uh, I&amp;#39;m Reading Fifty Shades of Grey (And Turning 100 Shades of Red on Each Page). Have You Read It Yet?\nThe Sexy--and Controversial--Book Trilogy That Has Women Raving (and Everyone Talking)\nWe Should All Read More Erotic Literature, You Guys\nPhoto: Thinkstock"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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