Frank Furedi on how ’50 Shades of Grey’ has become the mainstream

In a little over two weeks, the widely ‘anticipated’ film version of best-selling novel Fifty Shades Of Grey hits cinemas in the UK. SSPSSR Sociology Professor Frank Furedi discusses why porn, once hidden has become mainstream in an article in today’s International Business Times.

The article explores how something once regarded as a “dirty hidden secret” is now widely celebrated and how the lines between pornographic and mainstream culture have become increasingly blurred. Professor Furedi identifies a “disorientation in society” where sex has become detached from relationships, read more online.

Professor Frank Furedi is Emeritus Professor of Sociology at Kent’s School of Social Policy, Sociology and Social Research.

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