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Introduction
Pornography (colloquially known as porn or porno) has been defined as sexual subject material "such as a picture, video, or text" that is intended for sexual arousal. Made for the consumption by adults, pornography depictions have evolved from cave paintings, some forty millennia ago, to virtual reality presentations. A general distinction of adult content is made classifying it as pornography or erotica.
The oldest artifacts considered pornographic were discovered in Germany in 2008 CE and are dated to be at least 35,000 years old. Throughout the history of erotic depictions, various people made attempts to suppress them under obscenity laws, censor, or make them illegal. Such grounds and even the definition of pornography have differed in various historical, cultural, and national contexts. The Indian Sanskrit text Kama Sutra (3rd century CE) contained prose, poetry, and illustrations regarding sexual behavior, and the book was celebrated; while the British English text Fanny Hill (1748), considered "the first original English prose pornography," has been one of the most prosecuted and banned books. In the late 19th century, a film by Thomas Edison that depicted a kiss was denounced as obscene in the United States, whereas Eugène Pirou's 1896 film Bedtime for the Bride was received very favorably in France. Starting from the mid-twentieth century on, societal attitudes towards sexuality became more lenient in the Western world where legal definitions of obscenity were made limited. In 1969, Blue Movie became the first film to depict unsimulated sex that received a wide theatrical release in the United States. This was followed by the "Golden Age of Porn" (1969–1984). The introduction of home video and the World Wide Web in the late 20th century led to global growth in the pornography business. Beginning in the 21st century, greater access to the Internet and affordable smartphones made pornography more mainstream. (Full article...)
Erotica is literature or art that deals substantively with subject matter that is erotic, sexually stimulating or sexually arousing. Some critics regard pornography as a type of erotica, but many consider it to be different. Erotic art may use any artistic form to depict erotic content, including painting, sculpture, drama, film or music. Erotic literature and erotic photography have become genres in their own right. Erotica also exists in a number of subgenres including gay, lesbian, women's, bondage, monster and tentacle erotica.
The term erotica is derived from the feminine form of the ancient Greek adjective: ἐρωτικός (erōtikós), from ἔρως (érōs)—words used to indicate lust, and sexual love. (Full article...)
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Slideshow of selected contemporary images
- Image 1Valentina Nappi at the AVN Awards Show, Las Vegas, Nevada on 21 January 2017
- Image 2Michael Lucas, Nonie, Rafael Alencar, David Shankbone, and Ernesta Alamirano in Fire Island Pines
- Image 3Sean Michaels - pornographic actor.
- Image 5Carmen Luvana, Adult Entertainment Expo 2008
- Image 6Hugh Hefner with Karissa Shannon, Dasha Astafieva, and Kristina Shannon
- Image 7Raylene
- Image 8Figure 12 in Zillmann, Dolf: "Effects of Prolonged Consumption of Pornography", included in the Report of the Surgeon General's Workshop on Pornography and Public Health, United States Public Health Service, Office of the Surgeon General, August 4, 1986
- Image 10Tila Tequila
- Image 12Pornographic actor and director Miles Long (submitted by self)
- Image 13Dana DeArmond
- Image 15Silvia Saint, wearing a Bomis tee-shirt (a site previously run by Jimmy Wales, the founder of Wikipedia).
- Image 17Katsuni - French pornographic actress.
- Image 19Shy Love at AVN Adult Entertainment Expo 2012
- Image 20A Fluffer hands gay porn performers Jake Starr (seated) and Erik Grant (lying) items needed for a scene in the 2008 Lucas Entertainment production Pounding the Pavement.
- Image 21Cindy Margolis
- Image 23Example of Erotic photography
- Image 24Hentai style of art, originally from Japan
- Image 25Pornographic film set. Pictured from left to right: Cali Chase, Mikey Butders, and a photographer identified as "Nicole."
- Image 27Lisa Ann
- Image 28Penthouse Pet Dani Daniels, wearing Penthouse key necklace
- Image 29Erotic actress and public health advocate Sharon Mitchell.
- Image 31Daisy Marie posing with a fan at the AVN Adult Entertainment Expo 2008
- Image 32Joanna Jet - transsexual pornographic actress and director
- Image 33Karen McDougal
- Image 34Louise Glover
- Image 35Pornographic DVDs, Japan, "Kawaii" section
- Image 36Transsexual pornographic actress Erica Andrews
- Image 37Pierre Woodman filming in Australia
- Image 38Lupe Fuentes
- Image 39Michele_Merkin - Glamour photography
- Image 40The COLT Studio Group, San Francisco
- Image 41World map showing laws of general pornography
- Image 42Audrey Hollander - American porn star
- Image 43Dean Flynn and Chi Chi LaRue
- Image 44Playmate of the Year and People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals spokesperson Pamela Anderson, signing DVDs at the USS Halsey
- Image 45Rocco Siffredi
- Image 46Bondage pornography, showing classic "wrist to ankle" rope hogtie. Other bondage methods depicted are breast bondage, elbow bondage, head to ankle tie, knees tied, and a crotch rope. Model is also wearing a muzzle gag.
- Image 47Jenna Jameson
- Image 48Jessie Andrews
- Image 50American pornographic actor Ron Jeremy. One of top Porn Stars of All Time.
- Image 51Rebeca Linares at AVN Adult Entertainment Expo 2009
Slideshow of selected historical images
- Image 2Roman oil lamp portraying intercourse
- Image 3Kama Sutra illustration (19th century?)
- Image 4Hokusai, Untitled (Plate No. 4) From the series Picture Book Patterns of Couples (Ehon tsui no hinagata), c. 1812
- Image 6Erotic art, India, 18th century
- Image 7Two Lovers, by Reza Abbasi.
- Image 8Illustration from La Grande Danse macabre des vifs, Martin van Maële (1905)
- Image 9Miniature from 15th century Persian book
- Image 10Erotic scene. Rim of an Attic red-figure kylix, c. 510 BC., ancient Greece
- Image 11Hokusai, Untamed Lion, From the series Picture Book Patterns of Couples (Ehon tsui no hinagata), c. 1812
- Image 12Nights of Horror, panel by Joe Shuster (public domain)
- Image 13Cunnilingus portrayed at Pompeii - Source: John R. Clarke: Ars Erotica. Darmstadt: Primus 2009
- Image 15Lakshmana Temple, Khajuraho
- Image 17Nineteenth century nude photograph.
- Image 18Shunga, Japan (ca 1750)
- Image 20Traditional pederastic courtship scene on an Athenian black-figure amphora from the 5th century B.C.
- Image 23Kama Sutra illustration (19th century?)
- Image 24Erotic art, 18th century India
- Image 26Kama Sutra illustration (19th century?)
- Image 31The Venus of Willendorf prehistoric sculpture
Did you know (auto-generated) - load new batch
- ... that later pressings of the soundtrack of the soft porn film The Stud replaced Manfred Mann's Earth Band's "Davy's on the Road Again" after a journalist blabbed its presence to the band's keyboardist?
- ... that before being restored as a Broadway theater, the Ritz Theatre was used as a television studio, pornographic theater, vaudeville house, children's theater, and poster warehouse?
- ... that the Japanese male–male romance magazine June was originally pitched to its publisher as a "mildly pornographic magazine for women"?
- ... that Koh Masaki was one of the first gay pornographic film actors in Japan to openly appear in adult films without obscuring his identity?
- ... that some viewers of an Arizona TV station saw hardcore pornography instead of the Super Bowl?
- ... that Claudia Riner was falsely accused of distributing lesbian erotica in the Kentucky House of Representatives?
- ... that Philipp Tanzer has been an army medic, artist, firefighter, hairdresser, massage therapist, festival organiser, political candidate and gay porn star?
- ... that Lewes Road in Brighton has a gyratory named after a pornographic cinema?
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