What's the difference?

[Silverluna]

Between Porn and Erotica?
Between Lesbians and Dykes?
Gays and Queers?
Tomato and Tomato?

 

[morninggirl5]

A quote from a book i recently read.

"Erotica is porn that women like. Porn is porn that men like."

 

[Bob Peale]

Siskel and Ebert?
Bonnie and Clyde?
Rum and Coke?
Smith and Weston?

 

[Kalyn]

Porn and Erotica? Litaporn doesn't sound as nice as Literotica

Lesbians and Dykes? My best friend is a lesbian, except when she is drunk and loudly pronouncing to all within earshot, what a dyke she is.

Gays and Queers? Gays are great, Queers are my in-laws.

Tomato or Tomato? Well it all depends on whether they are being served with potatos or potatos.

 

[kotori]

It's in the roots of the words. "porno" is from the greek, and refers to prostitution, i.e., sex for money. "Eros" refers to love.

Love or money--it's easy.

 

[Silverluna]

*Bitchslaps this thread up*

 

[Zamdrist]

It's in the roots of the words. "porno" is from the greek, and refers to prostitution, i.e., sex for money. "Eros" refers to love.

Love or money--it's easy.

Astute answer!

 

[Silverluna]

I ment like....to each person? but um that works...

 

[sunstruck]

Between Porn and Erotica?
Between Lesbians and Dykes?
Gays and Queers?
Tomato and Tomato?

the background music
the size of the pick-up truck
the amount of eyeliner
the price of the meal

 

[Ice Cold]

One has an almost sophisticated flair to it, the other refers to the same thing in a base derogatory term.

 

[naudiz]

Ah, I love it when this topic comes up. It's a perfect opportunity for me to present: my favorite test!!!

 

[nasty]

Bonnie and Clyde?

If you can't tell the difference, why should we?

 

[Sillyman]

Generally I think of erotica as either being soft-core porn or a more "clinical" term for porn, such as with penis and cock. Erotica is artsy, porn is trashy.

A lesbian is a woman who sleeps with other women, and I think the word has a more feminine quality. Dyke is a woman who not only sleeps with women but acts in a more traditionally male manner: beer, sports, auto repair, etc. A lesbian politely turns down a man who hits on her; a dyke cuts his dick off.

Gay and Queer are fairly similar, although queer does have a bit more negative connotation.

With pronuciation differences, I just assume regional differences. Nothing more.

 

[Silverluna]

Ah, I love it when this topic comes up. It's a perfect opportunity for me to present: my favorite test!!!

Awww...thread invader!! Go back to eating soylent green... ~silver~

 

[naudiz]

It's a valid test! If it comes from Brunching Shuttlecocks, it has to be!

 

[lostinn]

Delete

 

[cybergirly]

Porn makes me hot, erotica leaves me bored.

I would go the other way. I think of porn as being professional, I hate seeing people that look like they want to get it over with and get paid. Same is true for the written version, I want a story, background, plot, real characters, not just "OH yeah baby fuck me, fuck me harder, ohhhh your so good..." blah blah blah