50 shades of grey. No shame!

SunnyDub1

OP for real ? :eek:

The woman is entitled to read what she wishes, and where she likes!
Maybe you should just mind your own business.

Not like she was sitting there with a porn video playing for everyone to see:rolleyes:

otto_26

SunnyDub1 wrote: »

OP for real ? :eek:

The woman is entitled to read what she wishes, and where she likes!
Maybe you should just mind your own business.

Not like she was sitting there with a porn video playing for everyone to see:rolleyes:

Who said the women wasn't entitled to read it? :rolleyes: I did mind my own business!!

Can I read playboy in front of a 15 year girl if she's not going to be able to see the inside of what i'm reading? My point is the women could have a bit of tact about her that's all.

I wouldn't read playboy in public because it's inappropriate not because i'm not entitled to. Reading a pornographic novel in front of a child that knows well what it is! that's just someone with no tact! in my opinion! but i guess everyone to their own

GalwayGuy2

Any Boardsies up for an experiment:P

A man and a woman go to the same swimming pool,adults going to a children's one is not going to end well, the woman reads fifty shades of grey, and the man reads a black hardcover with the Playboy insignia on it and "Tales" written underneath. See what happens and what looks the people get.

flutterflye

The difference though is that porn has only one purpose, whereas 50 shades is a novel, just like any other novel - to be read for entertainment - it would also have the same purpose as playboy.
Most women don't read it to be turned on, that would just be a a bonus I guess!

shopaholic01

otto_26 wrote: »

Who said the women wasn't entitled to read it? :rolleyes: I did mind my own business!!

Can I read playboy in front of a 15 year girl if she's not going to be able to see the inside of what i'm reading? My point is the women could have a bit of tact about her that's all.

I wouldn't read playboy in public because it's inappropriate not because i'm not entitled to. Reading a pornographic novel in front of a child that knows well what it is! that's just someone with no tact! in my opinion! but i guess everyone to their own

The cover of Playboy is a lot more suggestive than the cover of 50 shades. Playboy also has photos which would be clearly visible.

Are you really that repressed that this offends you?

shopaholic01

flutterflye wrote: »

The difference though is that porn has only one purpose, whereas 50 shades is a novel, just like any other novel - to be read for entertainment - it would also have the same purpose as playboy.
Most women don't read it to be turned on, that would just be a a bonus I guess!

Miracle more like, it's woeful !

flutterflye

shopaholic01 wrote: »

Miracle more like, it's woeful !

Ha! I haven't read it - and I don't plan to!

holystungun9

admiralofthefleet wrote: »

yeah i used to watch anal cum swappers 3 with my granda

I didn't know they made a third one! Cheers!

Pottler

50 shades of grey sounds like a feckin weather bulletin for Leitrim. Anyway, it's not porn, it's Literature. Just not good literature. Or good porn, even. Apparently..

PizzamanIRL

Oh no, a book about sex! You do know that two people had sex in order for you to be born OP.

Whats the big deal about a book with a bit of sex talk in it, since when is sex the devil's activity?

tempura

otto_26 wrote: »

I have nothing against pornographic novels or anything but I went swimming today in my local pool, they have seats where people can relax and read a book or newspaper. This place is also a hotel.

Went over to read a newspaper today and saw a women that must have been in her late 40's with what must of been her daughter of about 15 sitting in the area, the women was reading 50 shades of grey.

I mean I'm all for we live in the 21st century and stuff but surely their is a more appropriate place to read a pornographic novel than in public and in front of a 15 year old girl.

Am I missing something here but some people could just have a small bit of tact or is it because it's so popular it's ok to read in public?. How would that women feel if I was reading a pornographic magazine with just a women in her bikini on the front cover. Would she not think that would be inappropriate of me, as in younger people around and in a public area?

Fair enough the book doesn't have any pictures but the front cover (which is all anyone would be able to see) of my m would have a women in a bikini no more different that any ladies mag?

Oh ! I know what you mean op, sure I saw a lady wearing a short skirt today, tis awful so it is............

NIMAN

Girls sitting in the canteen at work reading it too, the dirty bitches!

No shame these days, some of them would need a pile of sand under their seats.

eviltwin

Have to laugh at the outrage over 50 Shades, like its the first novel to have graphic sex scenes.

20 yrs ago I was getting Jackie Collins, Jilly Cooper and Shirley Conran books from the library, we'd actually highlight the sexy bits with pens so anyone who wanted to could just read them. Everyone did it and it was no big deal.

I've read about half of 50 Shades, couldn't finish it as its pure ****e. The sex scenes are not one bit sexy and are badly written. But first and foremost its a story, its not just a bunch of sex scenes with a bit of plot thrown in.

Corkfeen

otto_26 wrote: »

Who said the women wasn't entitled to read it? :rolleyes: I did mind my own business!!

Can I read playboy in front of a 15 year girl if she's not going to be able to see the inside of what i'm reading? My point is the women could have a bit of tact about her that's all.

I wouldn't read playboy in public because it's inappropriate not because i'm not entitled to. Reading a pornographic novel in front of a child that knows well what it is! that's just someone with no tact! in my opinion! but i guess everyone to their own

I read American Psycho during free classes in secondary school. It would make fifty shades resemble the sound of music although it wasn't in any way sexy (Cringing as I think about what occurred in it). :pac: While I view Fifty Shades of Grey to be utter ****e, do Irish people really have to continue this silly idea of hiding any signs of sex? It's not the 1950's....... Also, you do realise, any fifteen year old can buy a copy of Fifty Shades of Grey if they wish to do so..

otto_26

Corkfeen wrote: »

I read American Psycho during free classes in secondary school. It would make fifty shades resemble the sound of music although it wasn't in any way sexy (Cringing as I think about what occurred in it). :pac: While I view Fifty Shades of Grey to be utter ****e, do Irish people really have to continue this silly idea of hiding any signs of sex? It's not the 1950's....... Also, you do realise, any fifteen year old can buy a copy of Fifty Shades of Grey if they wish to do so..

I don't think anyone should hide anything I just wouldn't read playboy in public not because I don't want to or that i'm hiding anything I just have a bit of tact about it. But like I said everyone to their own I guess

otto_26

tempura wrote: »

Oh ! I know what you mean op, sure I saw a lady wearing a short skirt today, tis awful so it is............

And I saw a man in his 40's reading playboy at the train station some people were giving him funny looks, a person even said to me that man could show a bit more tact.. I was like it's the 21st century get over it.

28064212

otto_26 wrote: »

I don't think anyone should hide anything I just wouldn't read playboy in public not because I don't want to or that i'm hiding anything I just have a bit of tact about it. But like I said everyone to their own I guess

If she had been reading "Windswept on the Caribbean", would you have objected? No, of course not, because you have no idea what the content is.

If it had been a man reading it, would you have objected? Do you think a man reading FSoG would have gotten a different reaction? I have no idea why you're bringing Playboy into it, FSoG is not an exclusively female book. The only valid comparison is a man reading FSoG

otto_26

PizzamanIRL wrote: »

Oh no, a book about sex! You do know that two people had sex in order for you to be born OP.

Whats the big deal about a book with a bit of sex talk in it, since when is sex the devil's activity?

Those people had the tact to have sex in their own house not out in public!!!!!

Nothing wrong with it at all just stated id have a bit more tact about reading porn in front of my child and in public but everyone to their own.

Ush1

I thought it was more about batterin women than ridin them?

lorebringer

Kindle - boom, read whatever filth you like in public and nobody knows...

OP needs to get stick out of ass and not be so concerned with other peoples business.

hooradiation

otto_26 wrote: »

Those people had the tact to have sex in their own house not out in public!!!!!

I think it has less to do with tact (and multiple exclamation marks) and more to do with the terrible Irish weather.

Ireland is not a country conductive to going al fresco.....

Scanlas The 2nd

otto_26 wrote: »

And I saw a man in his 40's reading playboy at the train station some people were giving him funny looks, a person even said to me that man could show a bit more tact.. I was like it's the 21st century get over it.

What has the date got todo with it?

50 years ago it makes just as much sense to read whatever you want.

otto_26

28064212 wrote: »

If she had been reading "Windswept on the Caribbean", would you have objected? No, of course not, because you have no idea what the content is.

If it had been a man reading it, would you have objected? Do you think a man reading FSoG would have gotten a different reaction? I have no idea why you're bringing Playboy into it, FSoG is not an exclusively female book. The only valid comparison is a man reading FSoG

It's not about a women reading it, it's about her reading it in front of her child who knows what her mother is reading, showing a bit of tact!!

I'm bringing playboy into it because I wouldn't just sit in a public place reading playboy in front of children not because of the contents of playboy (because I'm the only one looking inside it) but because everyone knows what I'm reading.

Like her child and everyone else knows what she's reading. Nothing wrong with it she is allowed to do what she wants in public and in front of her child, just saying personally id have a bit more tact in public and in front of my children.

otto_26

Scanlas The 2nd wrote: »

What has the date got todo with it?

50 years ago it makes just as much sense to read whatever you want.

Just more accepted these days to read playboy in public. Well at least I thought it was, women sitting next to man with her 15 year daughter gave him a dirty look and moved away from him after he took it out to read. I was like get over it.

Plazaman

NIMAN wrote: »

Girls sitting in the canteen at work reading it too, the dirty bitches!

No shame these days, some of them would need a pile of sand under their seats.

That's the thing about women reading the book, the can be nonchalant about it. A fella reading it in public would be pitching the old trouser tent by page 12. Also a woman reading with a 15 year old girl sitting beside her, no prob. A fella, by top of page 14, deafened by the tutting of his fellow pool goers and probably surrounded by Guards.

otto_26

lorebringer wrote: »

Kindle - boom, read whatever filth you like in public and nobody knows...

OP needs to get stick out of ass and not be so concerned with other peoples business.

Not concerned about other peoples business. Just having a discussion about something I noticed while out in public.

eviltwin

otto_26 wrote: »

It's not about a women reading it, it's about her reading it in front of her child who knows what her mother is reading, showing a bit of tact!!

I'm bringing playboy into it because I wouldn't just sit in a public place reading playboy in front of children not because of the contents of playboy (because I'm the only one looking inside it) but because everyone knows what I'm reading.

Like her child and everyone else knows what she's reading. Nothing wrong with it she is allowed to do what she wants in public and in front of her child, just saying personally id have a bit more tact in public and in front of my children.

How old are your kids? If they are young they will have just seen a woman reading a book, it won't register what the subject matter is. Plenty of adults would not know that book either to look at it. If your kids are familiar with it I think you have bigger concerns than what random strangers read.

otto_26

eviltwin wrote: »

How old are your kids? If they are young they will have just seen a woman reading a book, it won't register what the subject matter is. Plenty of adults would not know that book either to look at it. If your kids are familiar with it I think you have bigger concerns than what random strangers read.

You really believe 15 year old girls haven't heard of the book?

youcancallmeal

I wonder if it was called "Adventures Of Cock Gobblerette" would it have been as popular?

Mr Benevolent

otto_26 wrote: »

No the issue is I'm aware its a pornographic novel and how she was reading it in a public place in front of a 15 year old girl... Is that the reason people would feel its inappropriate for people to read porn mags in public because they are popular not the content?

Hey I don't mind its her daughter would just have a bit more tact myself but everyone to there own I guess.

But won't someone think of the children? Don't be so dry. Lighten Lube up!

eviltwin

otto_26 wrote: »

You really believe 15 year old girls haven't heard of the book?

So your daughter is 15 and you are worried that she saw someone else reading it?

She's probably already read it.

smash

otto_26 wrote: »

You really believe 15 year old girls haven't heard of the book?

I'd say they do worse in the local kiddie disco than the books main character does!

otto_26

eviltwin wrote: »

So your daughter is 15 and you are worried that she saw someone else reading it?

She's probably already read it.

No she is not. And no not worried. Just think women could have a bit more tact in front of her child but I guess everyone one to their own ways

pickarooney

woman = singular
women = plural

thanks for your attention

smash

otto_26 wrote: »

No she is not. And no not worried. Just think women could have a bit more tact in front of her child but I guess everyone one to their own ways

These days some women bring their daughters out to get their first vibrators. I don't think a crappy book is really that important in the scheme of things.

D-FENS

I remember getting Irvine Welsh’s book Porno 10 years ago. The cover had the title in capitals and a sex doll’s head in full gaping mouth pose
I covered it up with brown paper like it was Busy at Maths or something, so I could read it on the train to work
My friend was disgusted I did this - “It’s literature, man!” but I just couldn’t whip it out as it was in public (no pun intended)

These days, I find a Kindle is ideal for reading filth (Any Filth, not just the other Irvine Welsh book)

Started to read 50 shades but it sure is abysmal writing. And “time of the month” sex? Just sick. I like it freaky but that’s as bad as “eating the poo poo”

otto_26

smash wrote: »

I'd say they do worse in the local kiddie disco than the books main character does!

HA Ha course they do!

Doesn't mean they should have to sit next to mammy at the pool while she gets her fix!!!

eviltwin

otto_26 wrote: »

HA Ha course they do!

Doesn't mean they should have to sit next to mammy at the pool while she gets her fix!!!

Are you seriously saying you were uncomfortable at the idea that someone would read a book like this beside you? I find that so hard to believe. You must have led a very sheltered live if that's offensive to you. There are hundreds of books out there far racier than this one, the only reason you know about it is cause of all the press. Apart from that no one would have a clue what its about. The cover is discreet, there are no images, the print is tiny. Honestly can't see why you are so bothered by this

otto_26

smash wrote: »

These days some women bring their daughters out to get their first vibrators. I don't think a crappy book is really that important in the scheme of things.

I guess. Just wouldn't do it myself

seven_eleven

As a male, I am slightly disgusted when I see women reading this book in public.

otto_26

eviltwin wrote: »

Are you seriously saying you were uncomfortable at the idea that someone would read a book like this beside you? I find that so hard to believe. You must have led a very sheltered live if that's offensive to you. There are hundreds of books out there far racier than this one, the only reason you know about it is cause of all the press. Apart from that no one would have a clue what its about. The cover is discreet, there are no images, the print is tiny. Honestly can't see why you are so bothered by this

No I didn't feel uncomfortable at all. I thought it was funny and a bit cringe if I'm honest. The point is I do know about this book like people know about playboy!!! it's ok for me to look at a porn mag in public if no one knows what it is!!!!

It's not about me or the women it's about her child I just would have more tact in front of my children. But if she wants to read porn in front of her child she's more than entitled too.

smash

otto_26 wrote: »

But if she wants to read porn in front of her child she's more than entitled too.

Sorry, but it's not a pop up book, nor does it have photos!

eviltwin

otto_26 wrote: »

No I didn't feel uncomfortable at all. I thought it was funny and a bit cringe if I'm honest. The point is I do know about this book like people know about playboy!!! it's ok for me to look at a porn mag in public if no one knows what it is!!!!

It's not about me or the women it's about her child I just would have more tact in front of my children. But if she wants to read porn in front of her child she's more than entitled too.

But Playboy is totally different. Images cannot be compared to words.

If I walk past a person reading a book I can't read anything offensive. With a porno mag you can be across a room and see something.

otto_26

smash wrote: »

Sorry, but it's not a pop up book, nor does it have photos!

What difference does that make? the child wasn't beside her looking in, like she wouldn't be beside me looking in if I was reading playboy?

otto_26

eviltwin wrote: »

But Playboy is totally different. Images cannot be compared to words.

If I walk past a person reading a book I can't read anything offensive. With a porno mag you can be across a room and see something.

Not if a person holds it close to them!! just has a women in the front is nothing new that isn't already on the front of ladies mags?

smash

otto_26 wrote: »

What difference does that make? the child wasn't beside her looking in like she wouldn't be beside me looking in if I was reading playboy?

The difference is that without looking over her shoulder to actually read the words, there's nothing offensive or rude about it.

pickarooney

pickarooney wrote: »

woman = singular
women = plural

thanks for your attention

Last time I said that, you gave out to me

eviltwin

otto_26 wrote: »

Not if a person holds it close to them!! just has a women in the front is nothing new that isn't already on the front of ladies mags?

Now you are just being ridiculous. Who would ever do that.

otto_26

eviltwin wrote: »

Now you are just being ridiculous. Who would ever do that.

Someone reading playboy in public that doesn't want someone to see what they are reading!

my point is it's not the content that's the issue, it's the tact of some people, I wouldn't read playboy in public not because I'm not entitled to or because of the content or because im embarrassed too, its because I have more tact about me than to read porn in public and in front of children.

28064212

otto_26 wrote: »

Someone reading playboy in public that doesn't want someone to see what they are reading!

my point is it's not the content that's the issue, it's the tact of some people, I wouldn't read playboy in public not because I'm not entitled to or because of the content or because im embarrassed too, its because I have more tact about me than to read porn in public and in front of children.

Would you read a novel which had some erotic elements in it in public?