Softcore
From Free net encyclopedia
Softcore is a form of pornography that is less explicit than hardcore material in depicting or describing sexual behaviour. Generally softcore does not depict sexual contact other than simulated.
While both softcore and hardcore feature extensive nudity and sexual situations with the intention of arousing the viewer, the key difference is that softcore does not include any of the following hardcore elements: an erect penis, ejaculation, actual penetration (vaginal, anal and/or oral), including masturbation.
Examples
Examples of American softcore video include the television series Red Shoe Diaries and most of the films that Shannon Tweed stars in.
In Europe, softcore films such as Emmanuelle (1974) were popular during the 1970s.
Examples of American softcore photography include Playboy magazine, Suicide Girls, or the Bomis Babe Engine.