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Erotica (from the
Greek Eros - "desire") — refers to
works of art, including
literature, photography, film, sculpture and painting, that deal substantively with
erotically stimulating or
arousing descriptions.
Erotica is a modern word used to describe the
portrayal of the
human anatomy and
sexuality with high-art aspirations, differentiating such work from commercial
pornography.
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Pornography or
porn is the explicit depiction of
sexual subject matter, especially with the sole intention of sexually exciting the viewer. It is to a certain extent similar to
erotica, which is the use of sexually-arousing imagery for mainly artistic purposes. Over the past few decades, an immense industry for the production and consumption of pornography has grown, due to emergence of the
VCR, the
DVD, and the
Internet, as well as the emergence of social attitudes more tolerant of sexual portrayals. Performers in pornography are referred to as
pornographic actors (or actresses), or the more commonly known title, "Porn Star", and are generally seen as qualitatively different from their non-pornographic counterparts.<-- End of definition sequence