Fifty Shades of Grey: Readers of James’ erotica are 50 shades of prey

Following the runaway success of EL James’s erotica series, Fifty Shades of Grey, a study has reported that readers of the best-selling romance novels are more likely to have abusive partners.

In a study of 655 women ages 18 to 24, 25% of those who admitted to reading the novel were found more likely to have engaged in an abusive relationship.

In the study ‘Fiction or Not? Fifty Shades Is Associated with Health Risks in Adolescent and Young Adult Females’, 219 participants admitted to reading the first book in the Fifty Shades trilogy.