Anti-Pornography Groups Slam Fifty Shades of Grey Rating

Anti-pornography group Morality in Media is calling out the Motion Picture Association of America for giving the upcoming Fifty Shades of Grey an R rating despite the explicit sex scenes in the film.

MIM says that the rating given by the MPAA cites “unusual behavior” but ignores the fact that “behavior” is glorifying sexual violence.

“What the term ‘unusual’ does not account for is the coercion, sexual violence, female inequality, and BDSM themes from which the entire Fifty Shades plot is based,” MIM said in a statement. “Such a vague evaluation puts viewers at risk, sending the message that humiliation is pleasurable and that torture should be sexually gratifying.”

“We’d like to change the MPAA rating for Fifty Shades of Grey to read: ‘Promotes torture as sexually gratifying, graphic nudity, encourages stalking and abuse of power, promotes female inequality, glamorizes and legitimizes violence against women.’”

The movie is expected to be one of the biggest grossing films of the first quarter of 2015 and will be released around Valentine’s Day.