Posted by Vivienne on January 26, 1998 at 22:16:26:
In Reply to: Re: Erotica vs Romance posted by Zander on January 25, 1998 at 20:03:55:
> I think that women's erotica is as enjoyable for men as it is for women, not only because it involves all senses but also because it tends to show that genitals and mammaries are not the only erotic things in the world. A Casa Gallardo restaurant was asked to remove a portrait of a young Spanish woman eating a strawberry because of the erotic nature of the piece. Sounds innocent on paper, but the work itself was quite hot. Erotic isn't always about sex.
I agree that a piece doesn't have to be overtly sexual to be erotic. Sensual works fine, so long as it turns you on. Its the element of arousal, the effect on the reader that makes a work erotic.