50 Shades of Grey may create a run on whips and handcuffs but does it gives BDSM a bad name?

By Matty Silver
Updated February 10 2015 - 10:08am, first published 12:15am
 <i>Fifty Shades of Grey</i> may have done good things for female sexuality  but BDSM should never be exploitative.   Photo: Supplied
<i>Fifty Shades of Grey</i> may have done good things for female sexuality but BDSM should never be exploitative. Photo: Supplied

There has been much anticipation surrounding the movie Fifty Shades of Grey which will finally be released in Australia on February 12, two days before Valentine's Day. It's based on the erotic trilogy by E. L. James, which has been on the bestseller lists since it was published three years ago; over 100 million copies have been sold and it has been translated in 51 languages.

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