Yet another porn question: what's the difference between porn and

hedgehog

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Tue Aug-21-07 05:53 PM
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Yet another porn question: what's the difference between porn and

erotica?

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Cooley Hurd

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Tue Aug-21-07 05:54 PM
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1. One is smut, the other is art?

:shrug:

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HysteryDiagnosis

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Tue Aug-21-07 06:01 PM
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11. Love your sign. Thanks for the laugh, n/t

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MNDemNY

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Tue Aug-21-07 05:54 PM
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2. The beholder's eye.

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spanone

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Tue Aug-21-07 05:55 PM
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3. maybe erotica is socially accepted porn? dunno

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mondo joe

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Tue Aug-21-07 05:55 PM
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4. Erotica has softer lighting. NT

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DemocratSinceBirth

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Tue Aug-21-07 05:57 PM
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7. And No "Money Shots"

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The Straight Story

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Tue Aug-21-07 05:55 PM
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5. If I had to guess, about $100 :) OR

One is more about just the act of sex and one is about the atmosphere before and during sex and not solely the act.

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OPERATIONMINDCRIME

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Tue Aug-21-07 05:56 PM
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6. Passion.

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hedgehog

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Tue Aug-21-07 05:58 PM
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8. Bravo - good answer.

Maybe erotica is about the person and porn is about the act?

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LostinVA

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Tue Aug-21-07 10:21 PM
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20. Not really

There's lots of writing out there considered erotica and it's not really about the person.

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blondeatlast

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Tue Aug-21-07 05:58 PM
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9. This thread is useless without pictures...

Somebody had to sway it, it may as well be me!

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mitchum

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Tue Aug-21-07 06:00 PM
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10. Nothing but the pretensions and justifications of the erotica aficionado

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Connie_Corleone

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Tue Aug-21-07 06:01 PM
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12. Erotica helps you fall asleep?

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wryter2000

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Tue Aug-21-07 06:03 PM
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13. Characterization

And maybe plot, depending on whether you're talking about a full-length book or a short story. Not much plot in a short story.

Erotica is about people. Porn is about body parts.

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Yavin4

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Tue Aug-21-07 06:07 PM
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14. Ever See The Film, "Nine Songs"?

Edited on Tue Aug-21-07 06:08 PM by Yavin4

It's a mainstream British film about a couple living in London, and their romance. It's the most intimate movie that I've ever seen. It's very well made, and it would not be considered porn by most people. Yet, it has full penetration sex scenes between the actors and the famous "money shot".

If you could look at the movie and label it either porn or erotica or neither, then you're a better judge than me.

On Edit:

Here's the link to the movie:

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0411705/

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depakid

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Tue Aug-21-07 06:48 PM
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15. Mr. Justice Potter's statement is as good as any:

"I shall not today attempt further to define the kinds of material I understand to be embraced within that shorthand description; and perhaps I could never succeed in intelligibly doing so. But I know it when I see it..."

http://caselaw.lp.findlaw.com/scripts/getcase.pl?court=US&vol=378&invol=184

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Posteritatis

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Tue Aug-21-07 06:51 PM
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16. Two lattes and a turtleneck. (nt)

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MGB4EVA

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Tue Aug-21-07 06:52 PM
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17. I don't know, but I know it when I see it!

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Forkboy

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Tue Aug-21-07 07:03 PM
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18. About ten minutes worth of jacking off.

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usaftmo

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Tue Aug-21-07 10:06 PM
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19. Porn is visually stimulating;

erotica is either visual or literary and appeals to your mind and emotions.

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