What is the difference between erotica and pornography? Gloria Steinem tackles this question in "Erotica and Pornography". Most people picture Pornography as being hardcore, more likely to be sold in specialty adult bookstores or in sealed plastic at the newsstand. Erotica, on the other hand, includes foreplay, intimacy, and a mutually- satisfying experience. However, Steinem believes that the main differences between pornography and erotica are that individuals involved in pornography are just looking for anything …showed first 75 words of 1131 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1131 total…violence. Gloria Steinem states that "until we untangle the lethal confusion of sex with violence, there will be more pornography and less erotica. There will be little murders in our beds and very little love." Works Citied: Steinem, Gloria. "Erotica and Pornography." Ms. Magazine, November 1978. Rpt. in 75 Readings Plus. Ed. Santi V. Buscemi and Charlotte Smith. New York: McGraw-Hill, 2002. 129-132. Monster's Ball. Dir. Marc Forster. Lions Gate Films Inc., 2001. 8 mile. Dir. Curtis Hanson. Universal Pictures., 2002.