An eleven-year-old in the U.K. wanted to celebrate world book day at his school by dressing up
a book character that's been a lot of attention this year he dressed up at Christian Grey
from 50 Shades of Grey now this eleven year old did not come up with the idea himself
it was actually something that was sanctioned by his own mother OK so his mother was in
favor of it she thought that it would be funny in fact she said that you know it wasn't that
big of a deal we thought it was funny we were walking home from school and he had the idea
as going as Christian Grey at first we laughed it off but then we discussed it with a few
friends and saw the funny side and decided it was a quite a good costume ideal alright
well his teachers and the administrators at the school that he goes to did not think that
it was a funny idea in fact they said that his outfit was inappropriate and as a result
he was not allowed to participate in the world book day or be in any of the pictures for
the event the kid isn't going to actually spank anyone OK well he might but if he does
it's because he's an eleven-year-old boy not because he's dressed as Christian Grey it's
a different idea of spanking and it is a book and it is very popular right and by the way
there's a ton of offensive stuff in book there's a lot violent stuff in books a ton of sexual
stuff in books they're still in books and he didn't come in an inappropriate outfit
like if he'd come in dressed up as her you know all tied up and stuff you say well OK
vibrated eggs and stuff he's wearing a suit he's wearing a cute little suit look if you're
if you're worried that having him dress like this is going to somehow inform kids about
the existence of 50 Shades of Grey let me tell you something they already know about
50 Shades of Grey and they've probably already seen internet porn I would not be surprised
OK he's seen worse yeah he's seen worse and the thing is his makes a devastating point
I want to read this quote because I was kind of on the fence until she said this and I
was like I'm not longer on the fence I agree with her one o the teachers went Dexter I
don't see why sex is more seen as more offensive than murder damn is Dexter also a book apparently
it is I haven't read it but it is he's a serial bathed in blood I think that's a little worse
and as a parent I know I got two young kids right things where you see women's body parts
men's body parts big billboards in L.A. that doesn't bother me at all kids think that's
normal that's the human body right but when I see like the horror movie posters and like
bleeding from the eyes and all these like grotesque things and my kids ask hey what
is that I don't know how to explain that to them that'll give them nightmares I think
that stuff is a thousand times worse than any illusion to sex by the way dressed in
a suit right yeah and this bothers me especially they say that it's inappropriate for an eleven
year old because I've been saying since I read 50 Shades of Grey which I did on the
recommendation of a friend that it is written at a 5th grade level I think it's perfectly
appropriately 5th grader cause it's written for children and I know this is going to be
super embarresing and I know when I was a little kid I used to cause I was a nerd I
used to go to the library a lot and I remember some of the first illustration of boobs I
saw was in Dungeons and Dragons rule books which was sort of titillating as a child but
there's a reason I'm telling you that's so embarrassing it's super embarrassing but I
wish didn't know that sort of thing that like the little bit of like glimpses into adult
life even if they were on demons or whatever made me more interesting in read and so I
read a ton as a kid because you see a bit of violence or a little bit of like racism
in the case of Huckleberry Finn and stuff like that you see a bigger world that you
as a child are not familiar with and it makes you want to read don't shut down this kid
because he's getting interested in books that that are at least a little bit more in depth
and reveal more about the world encourage him to dress up like go ahead that no I definitely
don't think they should have left him out I think that's just messed up and I think
what he was doing was fine my issue here is with him when I was in 5th like I thought
head was when I guy put his head on a girl's boob like you don't know enough about sex
like as a fifth as an eleven so my theory is like he's going to go to prom night forget
the condoms where are my cable cords like that's going to be his fear growing up that's
what I'm worried about I hear you Hanna but the internet has ruined us all so 50 Shades
of Grey by the time he goes to the prom is going to be the least of anybody's problems
and that's why no sex is different than it used to be right everybody thinks you got
to do the cycle right I don't know what's that you know start here and then go here
and go here then there and then come back up up and then so it's funny because I've
never heard to it referred to that way you just gave me a very weird look no I just made
that up oh OK but it should but it's kind of catchy and it is kind of the cycle right
and that is the assumption so 50 Shades of Grey please yeah right that's nothing compared
to what they see the internet there is a silver lining to this story in the silver lining
is that he has a mother who's obviously very open minded and also has an open you know
line of communication with him which means that he's probably going to get the education
necessary to make smart choices when he is ready to have sex look that's a little bit
of speculation but just based on what I've read about her she seems like an open minded
woman and I like that I like that she doesn't make sex such a taboo like such a no no that
it's never discussed that we should all be ashamed of yeah yeah now earlier I was making
fun of John as Dungeons and Dragons let out nerd you I was such a nerd they wouldn't let
me into their Dungeons and Dragons club OK and I agree with you on the books cause I
remember in 7th grade I read A Tree Grows in Brooklyn and there was innocent little
passage about a little kid guy I don't know what it was somebody maybe around my age whatever
it was going through puberty and he nestled his head OK Hanna in some older woman's bosom
he got head and he got head I got it and and and I thought oh my god books are fucking
awesome right remember back then there was no internet there's no nothing that was as
good as it got right so from then on I was like I'm reading all the books just in case
there's another head nuzzling situation going on in a bosom and so that's not such a bad
thing