There is a clear distinction between what is erotic and what is pornographic. Pornography’s objective is the graphic depiction of sexually explicit scenes. It is a detailed and naturalistic image, a verbal description or a demonstration of a sexual intercourse and/or genitals with an end purpose to arouse sexual excitement in a human being, usually, in exchange for money. It can also be exploitative or degrading. Its symbolic content is very limited and focused on sex only. Erotica’s objective, on the other hand is the portrayal of human anatomy and sexuality in a more multi-layered and polysemic way. It seeks to tell a story with sexual themes and evocative imagery. Its purpose is to explore desire, love, sexuality, human anatomy and passion through mystery and intrigue. It is because of these clear dissimilitudes which we can define them as separate entities.

Pornography is symbolically unidimensional. It has only one purpose and objective, which is to sexually arouse the viewer. Erotica, on the other hand, is polysemic. It has several layers of meaning. Either depicted in paint, film, song, music, photography, sculpture, poetry, literature or the spoken word, the audience can relate to the piece in several different levels, possibly but not necessarily sexual, and can reflect upon its alternative meanings. "What's the difference between erotic art and pornography? Lots of people want to ban pornography but no one really talks about banning erotic art. Both are representations. How do we draw the line between "good" erotica and "bad" pornography? John gives a definition of both the erotic the pornographic. Why does pornography have the extremely negative connotation? Ken puts forth the idea that a lot of negative reaction to erotic art is out of fear for the power of the erotic."-^[1]

Pornography usually evacuates love,commitment, closeness,kindness and goodness out of sex.It is cheap and designates cheap thrills, as such. Porn/porno depicts very limited story-lines which end in a death or an orgasm. The viewer after a few porn films becomes desensitized and needs more and more sex to be aroused or could fail to be aroused altogether in the long run(You start viewing porn at 14 and say bye-bye to arousal at twenty, when you actually have sex.). Impotency/infertility is a huge problem, rooted a lot of the time, in the psychological drawbacks of viewing porn.

However, erotica only delves into how sex is a natural impulse and a part of a much larger,fuller,complex,interesting and deeper story. It depicts sex as a fact of life,like eating or defecating. It's normal, it does not end in a heart-attack or murder or orgasm. It does not involve extreme exercise or acrobatics.It is just the act of 'lovemaking': An act of secure,maybe dangerous but largely realistic tenderness.People do not suffer psychologically from erotica.

1. ^ http://www.philosophytalk.org/pastShows/eroticpornographic.htm

Erotica is part of us being human. It is done for the art of portraying human sexuality. It is an art. It is done to explore the senses. Pornography’s objective is sexual pleasure. It is an industry whose sole concern is not being artistic or creative but in making money from an audience.