otic ism ▁as ▁some ▁form ▁of ▁sens ual ▁or ▁rom antic ▁love ▁or ▁as ▁the ▁human ▁sex ▁drive ▁( lib ido ); ▁for ▁example , ▁the ▁Encyclop édie ▁of ▁ 1 7 5 5 ▁states ▁that ▁the ▁er otic ▁" is ▁an ▁ep ith et ▁which ▁is ▁applied ▁to ▁everything ▁with ▁a ▁connection ▁to ▁the ▁love ▁of ▁the ▁sex es ; ▁one ▁emp lo ys ▁it ▁particularly ▁to ▁character ize ... a ▁dissol uten ess , ▁an ▁excess ". ▁▁ ▁Because ▁er otic ism ▁is ▁wh olly ▁dependent ▁on ▁the ▁vie wer ' s ▁culture ▁and ▁personal ▁t ast es ▁per tain ing ▁to ▁what , ▁exactly , ▁defines ▁the ▁er otic , ▁critics ▁have ▁often ▁confused ▁er otic ism ▁with ▁por n ography , ▁with ▁the ▁anti - p orn ography ▁activ ist ▁Andrea ▁D work in ▁saying , ▁" E rot ica ▁is ▁simply ▁high - class ▁por n ography ; ▁better ▁produced , ▁better ▁conce ived , ▁better ▁executed , ▁better ▁pack aged , ▁designed ▁for ▁a ▁better ▁class ▁of ▁consumer ." ▁This ▁confusion , ▁as ▁Lyn n ▁H unt ▁writes , ▁" dem on str ate ▁the ▁difficulty ▁of ▁drawing … ▁a ▁clear ▁generic ▁dem arc ation ▁between ▁the ▁er otic ▁and ▁the ▁por n ographic ": ▁indeed ▁arg u ably ▁" the ▁history ▁of ▁the ▁separation ▁of ▁por n ography ▁from ▁er otic ism … ▁remains ▁to ▁be ▁written ". ▁ ▁Bi ological ▁evolution ▁ ▁Where as ▁tradition ally ▁er otic ism ▁has ▁been ▁de alt ▁with ▁in