Erotica is art, literature or photography that deals substantively with subject matter that is erotic, sexually stimulating or sexually arousing. Some critics regard pornography as a type of erotica, but many consider them to be separate. Erotic art may use any artistic form to depict erotic content, including painting, sculpture, drama, film or music. Erotic literature and erotic photography have become genres in their own right. Erotica also exists in a number of subgenres including gay, lesbian, women's, monster, tentacle and bondage erotica.
Pornography (colloquially called porn, porno, and XXX, pronounced "triple X") is sexually suggestive material, such as a picture, video, text, or audio, intended for sexual arousal. Made for consumption by adults, pornographic depictions have evolved from cave paintings, some forty millennia ago, to modern-day virtual reality presentations. A general distinction of adults-only sexual content is made, classifying it as pornography or erotica.
What type of thing is erotica?
Erotica can be described as all of the following:
What type of thing is pornogrphy?
Types of erotica
Types of pornography
By media
By genre
- Alt porn
- Bisexual pornography
- Bondage pornography
- Imagery of nude celebrities
- Clothed female, naked male
- Clothed male, naked female
- Convent pornography
- Ethnic pornography
- Gang bang#Pornography
- Gay pornography
- Gonzo pornography
- Incest pornography
- Lesbian erotica
- Mormon pornography
- Queer pornography
- Rape pornography
- Reality pornography
- Tentacle erotica
- Transsexual pornography
- Women's pornography
- Amateur pornography
- Cartoon pornography
- Feminist pornography