I in fact, did not read the book. I am a rape survivor and a lot of the content was too triggering for me to handle, so I simply read pertinent excerpts and base my knowlege off of those. The simple fact of the matter is, christian grey does MULTIPLE things throught the books that are NOT in any way safe/sane/consensual, and that means it is not BDSM. Being too afraid to use the safeword doesn’t excuse the Dom from not stopping when the sub needs it. She is emotionally abused and it shows in how she feels and how he treats her. I really don’t want to have to delve into that triggerbarrel to find my exact sources on that again, but I will if need be. The point is, 50 shades DOES NOT accurately portray an informed, healthy BDSM relationship, it DOES romanticize abuse, and if you’re trying to tell me her terrified, stockholm syndromed-ass wanted it, then I’d like to formally request you sit on a cactus because I never wanted what my rapist did to me, but my silence in fear and my stockholm syndrome would have you say otherwise.