Sunday, 15 February 2015

DISSATISFIED EVE FILES LAWSUIT AGAINST FIFTY SHADES OF GREY SEX TOYS
(Promise on the toys ‘I surrender, exploding around him — a draining, soul-grabbing orgasm that leaves me spent and exhausted’ is false)


Whips, ropes, belts, handcuffs, masking tapes, cable ties, floggers for spanking… the list went on… trying to impress upon the readers that there were these and more in Christian Grey’s ‘playroom’ to add on to that ‘Oh My God’ life-shattering orgasmic pleasure that Grey promised to give his woman. But the minute I started reading the best-seller that made waves across the world I knew it was sickening, not for the vivid sex scenes but for the utter rubbish of the ‘dominant’ and ‘submissive’ game play between Grey and his love interest Anastasia Steele. What was surprising for me to digest is why a bright literature university student like Anastasia had to act as the submissive ‘toy girl’ of rich industrialist Grey in his specially built playroom where he used sadistic means in the name of giving pleasure to the girl and why she every time had to express and acknowledge that sexual gratification. And what kind of pleasure an intelligent, educated girl gets submitting as an object, on whom Grey uses all sorts of quirky sex toys without having proper sex! Page after page stamped on the idea that if the woman submits in the game of sex, only then she gets the maximum pleasure from the man. Of course later in the book the author tries to cover up this sickening trend of male dominance by bringing in Grey’s troubled childhood that led to his deranged psychology.

But the read unfortunately gave me no pleasure, let alone any sexual titillation. And it seems there are now women across the world unlike me who believed in the possible pleasures described in the book and even tried on the games with the sex toys that flooded the international markets under the brand name of the book.

And they too, were left high and dry. Here comes the hilarious lawsuit against the author of Fifty Shades of Grey and a British sex toy company by an unsatisfied California customer. She claims a lubricant they released under the S&M book’s brand failed to deliver the pleasure it promised. The lubricant known as Fifty Shades of Grey: Come Alive Pleasure Gel for Her, was one of the many erotic products released by a sex toy manufacturer in partnership with the novel’s author, E.L. James, who approved each item. The range also includes nipple clamps, two different dildos and a Fifty Shades Of Grey Soothe Me After Spanking Cream, which boasts the luxurious aroma of sandalwood, bergamot and musk, along with Christian’s signature scent. No idea though if they are available in the Indian market. Just waiting for some Indian woman to try it and file another lawsuit, maybe.

The arousal gel’s packaging says ‘users would experience enhanced orgasms and stimulation as every tingle, touch and vibration intensifies.’
Apparently nothing intensified for the woman Tania Warchol! Yes, Warchol is that unsatisfied customer who says the lubricant, which costs about $14.99, failed to perform. She claims the slippery substance is even incompatible with latex. She now seeks a refund and punitive damages. And to add to it, many other dissatisfied women might soon join her lawsuit claiming they were duped. Women in the west have always equated pleasure and pain in sex alike. Hence its not surprising that the pain in sex described in Fifty Shades that promises to finally explode in a satisfactory pleasure even though the toys appear to be physically painful, went down very well with the Western women customers. The only sad part is they didn’t find the pleasure! Warchol also claims the lubricant has been mislabelled, because anything purporting to be an ‘aphrodisiac’ needs approval from the Federal Drug Administration, which this product apparently didn’t have.

So will Eves in India wait and watch and wish such toys be readily available in the market? Even if we don’t get the chance to view the movie Fifty Shades of Grey, thanks to the censor board, we might get a chance to experience the promises made in the book and find out if they are as exciting as described. Waiting and watching for sure.  

1 comment:

  1. Had heard a lot about the book.Thanks for your write up Sahelidi. Wont buy it.

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