11 yr old boy in Shades of Grey outfit

I don't think JB is very much better actually GrannyTwice . The character after all is well known for sleeping around, womanising, drinking and killing people, so hardly a good role model for a young boy.

Still puzzled as to how the boy had even heard of the Christian Grey character. Perhaps mummy reads 50 shades to him as a bedtime story.

Anal not ansl - but I expect you guessed!

Lots of characters in books aren't saints but I agree that JB is better than the mysoginist sadistic pathetic excuse for a man Grey character. That mother is a disgrace - if she had a daughter I wonder what she sent her as? I hope the school builds on this with something about representations of women in literature - that could be done at all age levels. At a time when teachers are facing penal sanctions if they don't report suspected abuse, they are supposed to accept a character from a book that is predicated upon women as meat for pathological sexual gratification. The school could also do something on violence towards women. Was it here or on MN that there was a thread last year about the increasing number of young girls going to A and E with injuries after ansl sex that they had felt pressured to 'consent' to?

She said she thought it was just a bit of fun and wouldn't do any harm Grannyknot

Personally I wouldn't expect my DGC to have even heard of 50 Shades !

The mind boggles. Bearing in mind that it has to do with books (not films which are often OTT "cartoon" versions of the heroes), both choices are not right for an 11 year old. But Christian Grey? Sure James Bond not a good alternative, but did she say anything about her first choice?

For the record I agree with the school not allowing the 50 shades character as it's just wrong on so many levels but to change it to James Bond wasn't exactly very appropriate either.

I heard the interview with the mother this morning and she did make a valid point. The school suggested that he change his character from Christian Grey (Fifty Shades) to James Bond. As the mother pointed out James Bond's character is hardly a saint is he? Well known for being both a womaniser and for killing people.

Oh my God.