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Introduction

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Pornography (colloquially known as porn or porno) is sexual subject material such as a picture, video, text, or audio that is intended for sexual arousal. Made for consumption by adults, pornographic depictions have evolved from cave paintings, some forty millennia ago, to modern virtual reality presentations. A general distinction of adults-only sexual content is made-classifying it as pornography or erotica.

The oldest artifacts considered pornographic were discovered in Germany in 2008 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 by Andy Warhol 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 art, literature or photography 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, monster, tentacle erotica and bondage 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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Section 63 of the Criminal Justice and Immigration Act 2008 is a law in the United Kingdom criminalising possession of what it refers to as "extreme pornographic images". The law came into force on 26 January 2009. The legislation was brought in following the murder of Jane Longhurst by a man who was said at the time of his trial to have had "extreme pornography" in his possession at the time of the death. The law has been more widely used than originally predicted, raising concerns as to whether the legislation is being used for prosecutions beyond the scope originally envisaged by parliament. (Full article...)

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Selected work of erotic literature

Title page of the falsely dated "1901" edition (actually published c. 1935)

The Autobiography of a Flea is an anonymous erotic novel first published in 1887 in London by Edward Avery. Later research has revealed that the author was a London lawyer of the time named Stanislas de Rhodes.

The story is narrated by a flea who tells the tale of a beautiful young girl named Bella, whose burgeoning sexuality is taken advantage of by her young lover Charlie, the local priest Father Ambrose and two of his colleagues in holy orders. Bella is then employed to procure her best friend, Julia, for the sexual enjoyment of both the priests and of Julia's own father.

The book was adapted into a 1976 pornographic film (see § Film adaptation). (Full article...)

List of selected works
Fifty Shades of Grey Story of the Eye Story of O Fanny Hill Jin Ping Mei Ada or Ardor: A Family Chronicle Lady Chatterley's Lover The Songs of Bilitis The 120 Days of Sodom Kama Sutra Lolita Tropic of Cancer (novel) Josephine Mutzenbacher Tijuana bible Emmanuelle (novel) Sex (book)

Slideshow of selected contemporary images

Image 1Hentai style of art, originally from Japan
Image 2Transsexual pornographic actress Erica Andrews
Image 3Cindy Margolis
Image 4Pornographic actress and cosplayer Tanya Tate as She-Ra
Image 5Erotic actress and public health advocate Sharon Mitchell.
Image 6Playboy Playmate Alison Waite
Image 7Raylene
Image 8Swedish/Tanzanian Playmate of the Year Ida Ljungqvist
Image 9Louise Glover
Image 10Michele_Merkin - Glamour photography
Image 11Jenna Jameson
Image 12Example of Erotic photography
Image 13Dean Flynn and Chi Chi LaRue
Image 14Francois Sagat, Folsom Street Fair
Image 15Xaviera Hollander, author and former Sex worker
Image 16Hugh Hefner with Karissa Shannon, Dasha Astafieva, and Kristina Shannon
Image 17Jessie Andrews
Image 18Hentai Manga, Japan
Image 19Lupe Fuentes
Image 20Sean Michaels - pornographic actor.
Image 21Valentina Nappi at the AVN Awards Show, Las Vegas, Nevada on 21 January 2017
Image 22Shy Love at AVN Adult Entertainment Expo 2012
Image 23Penthouse Pet Dani Daniels, wearing Penthouse key necklace
Image 24Silvia Saint, wearing a Bomis tee-shirt (a site previously run by Jimmy Wales, the founder of Wikipedia).
Image 25Karen McDougal
Image 26Pierre Woodman filming in Australia
Image 27American pornographic actor Ron Jeremy. One of top Porn Stars of All Time.
Image 28Joanna Jet - transsexual pornographic actress and director
Image 29Carmen Luvana, Adult Entertainment Expo 2008
Image 30Pornographic actor and director Miles Long (submitted by self)
Image 31Dana DeArmond
Image 32Daisy Marie posing with a fan at the AVN Adult Entertainment Expo 2008
Image 33Rocco Siffredi
Image 34Audrey Hollander - American porn star
Image 35A 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 36Playmate of the Year and People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals spokesperson Pamela Anderson, signing DVDs at the USS Halsey
Image 37Sculpture of Marilyn Monroe in Haugesund harbour, Norway

Image 37Sculpture of Marilyn Monroe in Haugesund harbour, Norway
Image 38Playmate of the Year Sara Jean Underwood
Image 39Michael Lucas, Nonie, Rafael Alencar, David Shankbone, and Ernesta Alamirano in Fire Island Pines
Image 40Playmate of the Year Claire Sinclair
Image 41The COLT Studio Group, San Francisco
Image 42Tila Tequila
Image 43Pornographic DVDs, Japan, "Kawaii" section
Image 44Katsuni - French pornographic actress.
Image 45Lisa Ann
Image 46Pornographic film set. Pictured from left to right: Cali Chase, Mikey Butders, and a photographer identified as "Nicole."
Image 47Figure 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 48World map showing laws of general pornography
Image 49Bondage 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 50Playmate of the_Year Corinna Harney
Image 51Rebeca Linares at AVN Adult Entertainment Expo 2009

Slideshow of selected historical images

Image 1Johann Nepomuk Geiger, watercolor, 1840
Image 2Nineteenth century nude photograph.
Image 3Erotic detail from the Vishwanath temple at the Khajuraho Group of Monuments
Image 4Lakshmana Temple, Khajuraho, India, taken by User:Ggia
Image 5Silenus and maenad. Tondo of an Attic red-figure kylix, ca. 480 BC. From Vulci, ancient Greece
Image 6Hadrian engaging in anal sex with Antinous in Egypt, portrayed by Édouard-Henri Avril.
Image 7Erotic art, India, 18th century
Image 8A Mercury Priapus figure from Pompeii, ancient Rome
Image 9Indian Princess, by Richard Borrmeister [de] (1888?)
Image 10Lakshmana Temple, Khajuraho
Image 11Nights of Horror, panel by Joe Shuster (public domain)
Image 12Erotic scene. Rim of an Attic red-figure kylix, c. 510 BC., ancient Greece
Image 13Illustration from La Grande Danse macabre des vifs, Martin van Maële (1905)
Image 14Two Lovers, by Reza Abbasi.
Image 15Kama Sutra illustration (19th century?)
Image 16Miniature from 15th century Persian book
Image 17The Dream of the Fisherman's Wife, an erotic woodcut made circa 1820 by Hokusai.
Image 18The Venus of Willendorf prehistoric sculpture
Image 19Erotic engraving supposedly after Agostino Carracci (1557–1602)
Image 20Kama Sutra illustration (19th century?)
Image 21Hokusai, Untamed Lion, From the series Picture Book Patterns of Couples (Ehon tsui no hinagata), c. 1812
Image 22Traditional pederastic courtship scene on an Athenian black-figure amphora from the 5th century B.C.
Image 23Classical Greek Bas Relief showing "Cowgirl" position
Image 24Erotic art, 18th century India
Image 25Roman oil lamp portraying intercourse
Image 26Kama Sutra illustration (19th century?)
Image 27Illustration from Juliette by the Marquis de Sade.
Image 28Shunga, Japan (ca 1750)
Image 29Cunnilingus portrayed at Pompeii - Source: John R. Clarke: Ars Erotica. Darmstadt: Primus 2009
Image 30Hokusai, Untitled (Plate No. 4) From the series Picture Book Patterns of Couples (Ehon tsui no hinagata), c. 1812
Image 31A rape scene by Utagawa Kuniyoshi (ca.1797-1861).
Image 32Katsushika Hokusai, "The Adonis Plant (Fukujusô)" Woodblock, ca. 1815, Japan Shunga

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... that the 1980s were the "age of hole-discovery" in yaoi erotica?
... that Claudia Riner was falsely accused of distributing lesbian erotica in the Kentucky House of Representatives?
... that Aroha Bridge changed its name from Hook Ups because fans searching for the show often found pornography instead?
... that women were 33 percent more likely than men to search for clown pornography on Pornhub in 2016?
... that Money Shot: The Pornhub Story was described by multiple reviewers as unsalacious?
... 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 Nickelodeon storyboard artists created a book with hundreds of pornographic drawings of SpongeBob SquarePants characters?
... that the 1983 pink film Beautiful Mystery was one of the earliest commercially produced gay pornographic films in Japan?