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ChipWrecked
08-31-2005, 07:23 AM
Is there one? Explain, please.

Pics accepted gratefully.
codewarrior
08-31-2005, 07:29 AM
Taschen's erotica rides the fine line, but I still consider it erotica.

Roy Stuart is brilliant, IMO.

www.taschen.com (http://www.taschen.com)
superleeds
08-31-2005, 08:36 AM
Erotica is printed on better paper.
imported_The Vibesman
08-31-2005, 08:40 AM
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Erotica is printed on better paper.

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And is usually more expensive.

There's no difference, just different terms. Anyone who says different doesn't want their "erotica" referred to as porn. I don't know why.
NutCrackerr
08-31-2005, 08:45 AM
erotica doesn't have a money shot.
codewarrior
08-31-2005, 08:46 AM
Erotica can be hung on the wall an appreciated as art. That is not to say you wouldn't consider running off a batch looking at it. Porn is more explicit, and often less erotic.
jakethebake
08-31-2005, 08:48 AM
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erotica doesn't have a money shot.

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this is likely the best answer to the question.
jakethebake
08-31-2005, 08:48 AM
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Erotica can be hung on the wall an appreciated as art. That is not to say you wouldn't consider running off a batch looking at it. Porn is more explicit, and often less erotic.

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You don't hang porn on your walls? /images/graemlins/shocked.gif
imported_The Vibesman
08-31-2005, 08:50 AM
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Erotica can be hung on the wall an appreciated as art. That is not to say you wouldn't consider running off a batch looking at it. Porn is more explicit, and often less erotic.

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As long as "That is not to say you wouldn't consider running off a batch looking at it." is true, it doesn't matter where YOU would like to hang it. Someone else thinks it's porn. No matter how tasteful and subdued porn is, or how explicit and dirty erotica is, they are different words for the same thing. If it makes you feel better about soft-core porn to call it erotica, be my guest. I love porn in all its forms and don't care what you call it.

BUT JOHN ASHCROFT KNOWS WHAT YOU LIKE TO LOOK AT, MUAHHAAHAHAHA!
spamuell
08-31-2005, 08:54 AM
Feminists get to call the porn they like "erotica".
codewarrior
08-31-2005, 08:56 AM
I just call it a "book" My wife reads these mystery novels with a lotta pipe-laying going on in them. If it cranks up the ol' estrogen, then go for it, I say.
imported_The Vibesman
08-31-2005, 08:58 AM
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I just call it a "book" My wife reads these mystery novels with a lotta pipe-laying going on in them. If it cranks up the ol' estrogen, then go for it, I say.

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Hey, I like mysteries. I like pipe-layin'.

Any good titles to recommend?
codewarrior
08-31-2005, 09:00 AM
I don't know the authors - Tax Goddess will have to help you out, shoot her a PM.
OtisTheMarsupial
08-31-2005, 05:14 PM
I actually took a class in my undergrad called "Porn in the USA."
Erotica and porn are on a continuum so there are definitely some gray areas. But key difference is why the thing in question was produced - if it's for artistic reasons, then it's erotica, but if it's produced as a good, to be consumed, then it's porn. In general, erotica tends to be more implicit and porn is explicit. Erotica is often written or painted, porn is videotaped or photographic. There are definitely some blurry lines, but that's the gist.
B Dids
08-31-2005, 05:24 PM
Pretention
masse75
08-31-2005, 05:29 PM
About $17.00 at Waldenbooks.
MrMon
08-31-2005, 09:56 PM
Erotica - A storyline that happens to revolve around sex.
Porn - Sex that barely contains a storyline.
Dominic
08-31-2005, 10:11 PM
A lot of people will say the difference is one of explicitness. I disagree.

I feel the line you can draw between porn and erotica (and it's a fuzzy one,to be sure) is mostly one of intent.

Porn's main goal is to titilate,to get you off. Period.
While Erotica can do the same, I think there is also an artistic intent in the making of it. The makers of Erotica are tying to do more than get you off- they are trying to express themselves artisically through their chosen medium.

Anyway,that's my two cents.
Ass Master
08-31-2005, 10:12 PM
'Erotica' generally doesn't have enough buttfucking in it
IronDragon1
08-31-2005, 10:19 PM
Erotica- Skinimax type stuff/non-sexually explicit (some explicit) artwork. Also, penthouse letters type stuff falls into some people's definition of erotica

Porn-Ya know

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