
06-13-2003, 06:26 AM
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Join Date: Jun 2003
Location: UK
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Quote:
Originally posted by Vigil
The UK prude brigade have long held that
If it turns women on its erotic
If it turns men on its pornographic
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I think there are differences in the way women & men use erotic materials. Men are very visual & like to look right at the action (maybe it's the hunter instinct - LOL) but women like to use their imaginations more. What people traditionally call "erotic" usually has an air of artistry, poetry, metaphor or storytelling about it & that encourages creative sensual fantasies.
Maybe I'm weird but I like them both. I don't think taste has to be an either or thing. I like watching deep European films with subtitles sometimes but other times I get just as much out of a throwaway Hollywood thriller.
I'm not sure whether the male & female differences in erotica / porn appreciation are something we're born with or something we're taught: "Good girls don't enjoy sex!"... "Only evil harridans and madwomen masturbate!"... "Burn the witch! Burn the witch!" LOL
I saw a programme where boffins in Scandinavia were sitting men & women down in front of hardcore porn vids & both sexes showed high levels of genital arousal.
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