3/20/2024 0 Comments Soft pornIn the realm of erotica the differences between hardcore and softcore can be described along the axes simulated/unsimulated, explicit/suggestive. " Debating Pornography: Categories and Metaphors" by Robin Turner, 1999 This combines with MORE IS BETTER ( Lakoff & Johnson, 1980:22) to give us HARDER PORNOGRAPHY IS BETTER PORNOGRAPHY (at least for those who enjoy pornography). From this HARD IS ACTIVE, we can derive ACTIVE IS MORE (since activity produces more results than inactivity) therefore HARDER PORNOGRAPHY IS MORE PORNOGRAPHIC. In the case of "hard porn", the particularly apposite nature of this image-schema needs no comment. Hardness is generally associated with activity and forcefulness, probably because muscles in action become hard, and hard objects can penetrate soft objects. Pornography, as we have observed, is usually classified into " hardcore" and " softcore".
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