Accepting Quote by Camille Paglia

Eroticism evokes a sense of desire ; vulgarity simply destroys the human value of any sexual act -_-

— Shubhi Sharma

Eroticism differs from animal sexuality in that human sexuality is limited by taboos and the domain of eroticism is that of the transgression of…

— Georges Bataille

Eroticism has its own moral justification because it says that pleasure is enough for me; it is a statement of the individual's sovereignty.

— Mario Vargas Llosa

We tend to think of the erotic as an easy, tantalizing sexual arousal. I speak of the erotic as the deepest life force, a…

— Audre Lorde

“I do believe that the emphasis on egalitarian and respectful sex—purged of any expressions of power, aggression, and transgression—is antithetical to erotic desire for…

— Esther Perel

People can find eroticism in relations with people whom they respect and whom they see as equals.

— Catharine MacKinnon

“Although relatively more open to same-sex unions, contemporary American culture nevertheless bristles with a need to categorize human eroticism, a force that by its…

— Siri Hustvedt

The erotic is a resource within each of us that lies in a deeply female and spiritual plane, firmly rooted in the power of…

— Audre Lorde

The erotic is a measure between the beginnings of our sense of self and the chaos of our strongest feelings.

— Audre Lorde

“The erotic has often been misnamed by men and used against women. It has been made into the confused, the trivial, the psychotic, the…

— Audre Lorde

“. . . [O]nce we begin to feel deeply all the aspects of our lives, we begin to demand from ourselves and from our…

— Audre Lorde

Eroticism is born at a time in civilisation when sexual instinct becomes deanimalised and enriched with contributions from art and from literature. A world…

— Mario Vargas Llosa