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- What Distinguishes Erotica from Pornography?
by Leon F. Seltzer, Ph.D., in English and Psychology; a clinical psychologist and author of Paradoxical Strategies in Psychotherapy.- Basic argument = erotica appeals to emotions; porn appeals to base sex drives
- Another layer to the argument =
- erotica creators would still create it even if they did not get paid;
- pornography is primarily a money making venture
- And another = attitude toward sex and human sexuality
- erotica = subjects portrayed in a manner that celebrates and affirms human passion and vitality
- pornography = subjects reduced to body parts; “sex depicted is depersonalized, controlling, non-mutual, and devoid of fun or play (seems focused on “getting down to business” and “getting off”)–and the sex acts pictured do not focus on human caring or emotional connectedness”
- EROTICA vs PORN: What is the difference? :PASSIONSCAPE by Hazel Mills
- Same basic argument as Seltzer; written by an erotica author
- Erotica Versus Pornography from the Sexual Health Site blog written by Junon Macéus
- “I think that pornography promotes a distorted view of sexuality.”
- “the real issue may be what promotes healthy sexuality versus what depicts people as mere disposable sex objects”
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