Fugazi1968 opened this issue on May 17, 2010 · 40 posts
Fugazi1968 posted Mon, 17 May 2010 at 8:56 AM
Quote - I think, by most definitions, 'porn' is obscene material designed to provoke sexual arousal while having no artistic merit. If it had artistic merit and was not obscene (immoral or depraved) it would be 'erotica'.
Where those dividing lines are is not clear. What I find mildly titillating might strike, say, The Pope as disgusting and 'obscene'.
A fine point good chicken. The question is who decides whether the image has artistic merit or not?
Now, if sex sells and an advert is designed with that in mind, is i then not, by definition either porn or erotica?
John
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