It's In The Eye of the Beholder
We live in a highly sexualized society, at least in the developed western countries. Sadly though, sex has become so commoditized that little shocks us any more. Cable TV is essentially uncensored, while hard core porn is just a mouse click away on the Internet.

But there's a difference between commercial / advertising driven sexual come-ons, such as the Sports Illustrated's issue currently on newsstands across the U.S. and Canada, (see below), and outright pornography. Most adults would agree that much of the time hard-core porn is pretty lame.

Antarctica Erotica #1. February, 2015
Sony A7r with 70-200mm f/4G
1/1000 sec @ f/11 @ ISO 320
But there is a third area where human sexuality and art converge, and that's with erotica. I realize that one man's erotica can be another's pornography, but most adults find erotica relatively inoffensive and even pleasantly  titillating.
"Erotica (from the Greek ἔρως, eros "desire") is any artistic work th...