E.L. James, author of New York Times bestseller trilogy, "Fifty Shades of Grey," "Fifty Shades Darker," and "Fifty Shades Freed," said that she hates the label "mummy porn."
According to The London Evening Standard, James told fans that she hates hearing her work described as "mummy porn" at her first British public appearance, which fans paid £20 a ticket. James said she thought the label was "lazy."
The media has given the erotic trilogy this label, which implies that moms like fan fiction with sex in it. Screencrush.com said it "denotes that grown women can't enjoy pornography unless it's poorly written garbage re-purposed as more poorly written garbage."
Some critics also said the label is inappropriate. According to TimesOnline.com, an opinion writer told readers to "just say 'no' to mommy porn."
"As a mom, I'm insulted. If I were a pornographer, I'd probably be insulted."
According to PeanutButterOntheKeyboard.wordpress.com, the writer said, "Enough with the 'Mommy Porn' Label - Moms are still women."
"We ARE moms. That is a hugely important role in our lives. But it's just one role. We didn't lose our woman card in the process. We're still sexual beings who like a little naughtiness on occasion (or often, lol.) We still like to be swept away by romance," the writer expressed. "We still want our husbands to give us that how-you-doin' look. We still want to feel sexy and wanted and feminine. And there shouldn't be anything wrong with that. Moms shouldn't be shamed for wanting those things, and calling sexy books "mommy porn" is shaming, plain and simple."
At the British appearance, James also said that she's embarrassed to see men reading her work, according to Entertainment Wise.
According to The Advocate, men have been reading the steamy book.
Jeremiah Wirth, a grad student and Iraqi war vet in Maine, said the opening book was nothing short of a life-changer.
"People hear about flogging and stuff like that in this book, and they don't get it. I became emotionally invested in the love story, especially from the female's perspective," 26-year-old Wirth said. "That was important to me, to put myself in Ana's shoes. It was overwhelming, and I'll never forget it."
In the same article, Dr. Mehmet Oz said that the books are not about sadism and just dominating women.
"They're not tying up their women. It's not about sadism," Oz said of men drawn to the books. "What it is about is people having an honest conversation about what sex should be like, what makes it feel better, what are the timing issues, how do we make it an important issue in our life rather than an afterthought. When the guys get into it I know we've got something going."
Apparently, "Fifty Shades of Grey," the story that focuses on 22-year-old recent college grad Anastasia Steele, who enters into a dominant/submissive sexual relationship with a billionaire named Christian Grey, is not only beneficial for females and their hormones. It's great for men too.