Sincerely,Softcore is a form of pornography, that depicts sexual behaviour in a less explicit way than hardcore porn. This may be in the medium of cinema or video, photography, magazines and advertising. When we generally think of pornography, it is the hardcore version which usually springs to mind. Softcore is though recognised as a genre of pornography and we can recognise it's pervasiveness in mainstream western society. Sex sells.
Softcore may range from partial nudity to simulated intercourse. While both softcore and hardcore try to intentionally arouse the audience, the main difference is that softcore does not clearly show aroused genitalia, ejaculation or penetration. (based upon http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Softcore)
The following table shows a list of famous celebrities, adult entertainers, politicians, athletes and artists - and how many searches on the Internet they get each day. Our results are sourced from Wordtracker and Overture, late 2006. It is interesting to see how popular many famous celebrities are who could be classified as 'softcore'.
| Jenna Jameson (100,000) | Condoleezza Rice (2,700) |
| Paris Hilton (95,000) | George Bush (2,000) |
| Carmen Electra (90,000) | George Washington (2,000) |
| Jessica Simpson (85,000) | Pablo Picasso (2,000) |
| Britney Spears (62,000) | Isaac Newton (1,600) |
| Lindsay Lohan (50,000) | Marie Curie (1,400) |
| Pamela Anderson (40,000) | Zinedine Zidane (1,400) |
| Tera Patrick (20,000) | Galileo Galilei (1,200) |
| Briana Banks (17,000) | Gandhi (1,200) |
| Hillary Clinton (7,400) | Al Gore (1,000) |
| David Beckham (6,700) | Vincent Van Gogh (1,000) |
| Albert Einstein (6,000) | Karl Marx (800) |
| Jesus (5,000) | Rembrandt (600) |
| Christiano Ronaldo (3,000) | Friedrich Nietzsche (500) |
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the website: 'Soft in the Middle positions the contemporary softcore feature
as a middlebrow form of pornography.
Soft in the Middle demonstrates that softcore's under-the-radar success may be understood in terms of the postfeminist strategies employed by successive generations of producers and distributors, each intent on overcoming obstacles to the mainstream distribution of pornographic material.
Softcore and its American precursors became more 'feminized' and 'female friendly' as their distribution widened, a process hastened in the 1980s by the industry's transition to private modes of distribution and exhibition. This genre challenges traditional assumptions about pornography, including those held by feminists on both sides of the porn debates.
This book examines the softcore's history, the genre's formal and ideological conventions, surveying its most exemplary subgenres, styles, and motifs - and lavishing particular attention on its most influential studios, directors, and texts.'
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