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The film, which portrays a relationship between a sexually dominant man and his submissive partner, already has some advocacy groups criticisizing its storyline, saying it promotes sexual violence. But the film’s star, actor Jamie Dornan has defended not only _Fifty Shades of Grey_, but also BDSM (bondage, domination and sadomasochism) culture. “I can understand why people say tying a woman up and spanking her is misogynistic. But actually, more men are submissive than women. Very powerful men,” Dornan said of BDSM in an interview with _Elle UK_ magazine. “It’s a far bigger scene than I imagined: in pretty much any city in the world that you could name, people want to get spanked with a paddle with studs on it.” But in the film, he continued, “\[t\]he love story is more important than the BDSM aspect. I mean, we are going to tell a love story, you know, it can’t just be what happens in the Red Room, that’s not a film. There’s so much more going on than that.” His comments follow criticism from the U.S.-based group Morality in the Media, which [issued a statement last summer](http://pornharms.com/statement-by-morality-in-medias-dawn-hawkins-on-fifty-shades-of-grey-trailer/) saying that the film “romanticizes and normalizes sexual violence” and “glamorizes and legitimatizes violence against women.” \[[_The Hollywood Reporter_](http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/jamie-dornan-fifty-shades-grey-760904)\] ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3651911/fifty-shades-of-grey-jamie-dornan-feminism/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3651911/fifty-shades-of-grey-jamie-dornan-feminism/"},"headline":"Fifty Shades of Grey Actor Says Movie Isn't Misogynistic","datePublished":"2015-01-02T12:11:26.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T03:13:48.210Z","description":"Jamie Dornan responds to criticism over his upcoming role in the film","url":"https://time.com/3651911/fifty-shades-of-grey-jamie-dornan-feminism/","keywords":["movies","Books","Fifty Shades of Grey","jamie dornan"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt8b7b0b6377be2824/698777dd2dce017fa69dcbc8/jamie-dornan.jpeg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"TIME Staff","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/time-staff/"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt8b7b0b6377be2824/698777dd2dce017fa69dcbc8/jamie-dornan.jpeg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"GQ Men Of The Year Awards - Red Carpet Arrivals","caption":"GQ Men Of The Year Awards - Red Carpet Arrivals","creditText":"Mike Marsland—WireImage/Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/entertainment/","name":"Entertainment"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/movies/","name":"movies"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3651911/fifty-shades-of-grey-jamie-dornan-feminism/","name":"Fifty Shades of Grey Actor Says Movie Isn't Misogynistic"}}]}] ```