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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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Selected article

Hartley at the AVN Awards, 2013

Marie Louise Hartman (born March 11, 1959), known professionally as Nina Hartley, is an American pornographic film actress and sex educator. By 2017 she had appeared in more than one thousand adult films. She has been described by Las Vegas Weekly as an "outspoken feminist" and "advocate for sexual freedom", and by CNBC as "a legend in the adult world". (Full article...)

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Selected work of erotic literature

Cover of the 1962 edition

Story of O (French: Histoire d'O, IPA: [istwaʁ do]) is an erotic novel written by French author Anne Desclos under the pen name Pauline Réage, with the original French text published in 1954 by Jean-Jacques Pauvert.

Desclos did not reveal herself as the author until 1994, 40 years after the initial publication. Desclos stated she wrote the novel as a series of love letters to her lover Jean Paulhan, who had admired the work of the Marquis de Sade. The novel shares with the latter themes such as love, dominance, and submission. (Full article...)

List of selected works
The Autobiography of a Flea Fifty Shades of Grey Story of the Eye 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 1Katsuni - French pornographic actress.
Image 2Tila Tequila
Image 3Karen McDougal
Image 4Playmate of the Year and People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals spokesperson Pamela Anderson, signing DVDs at the USS Halsey
Image 5Sculpture of Marilyn Monroe in Haugesund harbour, Norway

Image 5Sculpture of Marilyn Monroe in Haugesund harbour, Norway
Image 6Michele_Merkin - Glamour photography
Image 7Pornographic film set. Pictured from left to right: Cali Chase, Mikey Butders, and a photographer identified as "Nicole."
Image 8Pierre Woodman filming in Australia
Image 9Audrey Hollander - American porn star
Image 10Xaviera Hollander, author and former Sex worker
Image 11Penthouse Pet Dani Daniels, wearing Penthouse key necklace
Image 12Erotic actress and public health advocate Sharon Mitchell.
Image 13Figure 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 14Louise Glover
Image 15Michael Lucas, Nonie, Rafael Alencar, David Shankbone, and Ernesta Alamirano in Fire Island Pines
Image 16World map showing laws of general pornography
Image 17Jessie Andrews
Image 18Transsexual pornographic actress Erica Andrews
Image 19Shy Love at AVN Adult Entertainment Expo 2012
Image 20Hentai Manga, Japan
Image 21Hugh Hefner with Karissa Shannon, Dasha Astafieva, and Kristina Shannon
Image 22Sean Michaels - pornographic actor.
Image 23Francois Sagat, Folsom Street Fair
Image 24Rocco Siffredi
Image 25Valentina Nappi at the AVN Awards Show, Las Vegas, Nevada on 21 January 2017
Image 26Dean Flynn and Chi Chi LaRue
Image 27Pornographic actor and director Miles Long (submitted by self)
Image 28Hentai style of art, originally from Japan
Image 29Lisa Ann
Image 30Joanna Jet - transsexual pornographic actress and director
Image 31Dana DeArmond
Image 32Pornographic DVDs, Japan, "Kawaii" section
Image 33Raylene
Image 34Swedish/Tanzanian Playmate of the Year Ida Ljungqvist
Image 35Carmen Luvana, Adult Entertainment Expo 2008
Image 36The COLT Studio Group, San Francisco
Image 37Lupe Fuentes
Image 38Silvia Saint, wearing a Bomis tee-shirt (a site previously run by Jimmy Wales, the founder of Wikipedia).
Image 39A 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 40Daisy Marie posing with a fan at the AVN Adult Entertainment Expo 2008
Image 41Playmate of the Year Sara Jean Underwood
Image 42Rebeca Linares at AVN Adult Entertainment Expo 2009
Image 43Bondage 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 44Playmate of the_Year Corinna Harney
Image 45Jenna Jameson
Image 46Playboy Playmate Alison Waite
Image 47American pornographic actor Ron Jeremy. One of top Porn Stars of All Time.
Image 48Pornographic actress and cosplayer Tanya Tate as She-Ra
Image 49Example of Erotic photography
Image 50Cindy Margolis
Image 51Playmate of the Year Claire Sinclair

Slideshow of selected historical images

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

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... that Nickelodeon storyboard artists created a book with hundreds of pornographic drawings of SpongeBob SquarePants characters?
... that Claudia Riner was falsely accused of distributing lesbian erotica in the Kentucky House of Representatives?
... that in 2001, around 64 percent of all films produced in Malayalam were of the soft-porn variety?
... that Jan Kochanowski's Fraszki is a 16th-century collection of almost 300 poems, ranging from anecdotes and epitaphs to obscenities and erotica?
... that some viewers of an Arizona TV station saw hardcore pornography instead of the Super Bowl?
... that the Japanese male–male romance magazine June was originally pitched to its publisher as a "mildly pornographic magazine for women"?
... that Aroha Bridge changed its name from Hook Ups because fans searching for the show often found pornography instead?
... that Lewes Road in Brighton has a gyratory named after a pornographic cinema?