The study or practice of erotic art, literature, and desire; can also refer collectively to erotic works or materials.
From erotic + -ics suffix (denoting a field of study or practice). This term became standard in 20th-century literary and art criticism.
Erotics as a field is actually a legitimate area of study—scholars examine how different cultures, time periods, and artists represent desire and sexuality, which teaches us that what's considered 'sexy' changes completely depending on history and culture.
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