The Cleveland Kidnapping, and Domination of Women The story of the three women kidnapped and held captive for about a decade in a Cleveland neighborhood is horrific and disturbing ("Before Escape, Fleeting Clues to Long Ordeal," front page, May 8). There are many stories embedded in this horror, but one that will likely receive little attention is embedded in the quote from a psychologist that the perpetrators of such crimes are men "who have had longstanding fantasies of capturing, controlling, abusing and dominating women." We live in a world where the "Fifty Shades" trilogy (which has sold over 70 million copies) presents male domination over women as "erotic," where the porn industry generates more annual profit than the National Football League, where 30 percent of Web traffic is porn. I am surprised at the lack of national dialogue about the pornification of our culture. But sadly, in a world that endlessly replicates and sexualizes male domination of women, I am not surprised that this "fantasy" narrative has been literalized. Though there are doubtless myriad factors that contributed to this nightmare crime, I hope that one positive outcome is broader critical analyses of how pornography normalizes the domination and degradation of women in pervasive and damaging ways. The writer is the director of the women's studies program at Slippery Rock University.