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Pornography (colloquially known as porn or porno) has been defined as sexual subject material such as a picture, video, text, or audio that is intended for sexual arousal. Made for 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...)
Selected article
Lin Li-hui (Chinese: 林立慧, born 16 April 1974), better known by her stage name Shu Qi (Chinese: 舒淇), is a Hong Kong–Taiwanese actress and model.
She is one of the most successful Taiwanese actresses of all time. She has received three Hong Kong Film Awards and two Golden Horse Awards among many other awards. She has collaborated with master director Hou Hsiao-hsien on three films: Millennium Mambo (2001), Three Times (2005), and The Assassin (2015). Shu Qi has also played leading roles in both art-house films and box-office hits, including If You Are the One (2008) by Feng Xiaogang, Journey to the West: Conquering the Demons (2013) by Stephen Chow, Gone with the Bullets (2014) by Jiang Wen, and Mojin: The Lost Legend (2015) by Wuershan.
Shu ranked 18th on Forbes China Celebrity 100 list in 2013, 23rd in 2014, 32nd in 2015, 48th in 2017, and 90th in 2019. (Full article...)Selected work of erotic literature
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 for 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...)Slideshow of selected contemporary images
- Image 1Michael Lucas, Nonie, Rafael Alencar, David Shankbone, and Ernesta Alamirano in Fire Island Pines
- Image 2World map showing laws of general pornography
- Image 4Pornographic actor and director Miles Long (submitted by self)
- Image 6Dana DeArmond
- Image 7Penthouse Pet Dani Daniels, wearing Penthouse key necklace
- Image 8Erotic actress and public health advocate Sharon Mitchell.
- Image 9Louise Glover
- Image 11Silvia Saint, wearing a Bomis tee-shirt (a site previously run by Jimmy Wales, the founder of Wikipedia).
- Image 13Tila Tequila
- Image 14Sean Michaels - pornographic actor.
- Image 15Cindy Margolis
- Image 16Shy Love at AVN Adult Entertainment Expo 2012
- Image 17Lisa Ann
- Image 18Transsexual pornographic actress Erica Andrews
- Image 20Bondage 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 22Example of Erotic photography
- Image 23Rocco Siffredi
- Image 24A 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 25Pornographic film set. Pictured from left to right: Cali Chase, Mikey Butders, and a photographer identified as "Nicole."
- Image 26Karen McDougal
- Image 27Michele_Merkin - Glamour photography
- Image 28Playmate of the Year and People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals spokesperson Pamela Anderson, signing DVDs at the USS Halsey
- Image 29Katsuni - French pornographic actress.
- Image 30Pornographic DVDs, Japan, "Kawaii" section
- Image 31The COLT Studio Group, San Francisco
- Image 32Hugh Hefner with Karissa Shannon, Dasha Astafieva, and Kristina Shannon
- Image 33Pierre Woodman filming in Australia
- Image 34Raylene
- Image 35Jessie Andrews
- Image 38Joanna Jet - transsexual pornographic actress and director
- Image 39Audrey Hollander - American porn star
- Image 40Jenna Jameson
- Image 41Carmen Luvana, Adult Entertainment Expo 2008
- Image 43Dean Flynn and Chi Chi LaRue
- Image 45Hentai style of art, originally from Japan
- Image 46Daisy Marie posing with a fan at the AVN Adult Entertainment Expo 2008
- Image 47American pornographic actor Ron Jeremy. One of top Porn Stars of All Time.
- Image 48Valentina Nappi at the AVN Awards Show, Las Vegas, Nevada on 21 January 2017
- Image 49Lupe Fuentes
- Image 50Rebeca Linares at AVN Adult Entertainment Expo 2009
- Image 51Figure 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
Slideshow of selected historical images
- Image 1The Venus of Willendorf prehistoric sculpture
- Image 2Kama Sutra illustration (19th century?)
- Image 6Erotic scene. Rim of an Attic red-figure kylix, c. 510 BC., ancient Greece
- Image 8Illustration from La Grande Danse macabre des vifs, Martin van Maële (1905)
- Image 14Hokusai, Untitled (Plate No. 4) From the series Picture Book Patterns of Couples (Ehon tsui no hinagata), c. 1812
- Image 15Roman oil lamp portraying intercourse
- Image 16Nights of Horror, panel by Joe Shuster (public domain)
- Image 17Shunga, Japan (ca 1750)
- Image 19Cunnilingus portrayed at Pompeii - Source: John R. Clarke: Ars Erotica. Darmstadt: Primus 2009
- Image 20Two Lovers, by Reza Abbasi.
- Image 22Erotic art, India, 18th century
- Image 23Hokusai, Untamed Lion, From the series Picture Book Patterns of Couples (Ehon tsui no hinagata), c. 1812
- Image 25Nineteenth century nude photograph.
- Image 26Kama Sutra illustration (19th century?)
- Image 27Traditional pederastic courtship scene on an Athenian black-figure amphora from the 5th century B.C.
- Image 28Miniature from 15th century Persian book
- Image 29Kama Sutra illustration (19th century?)
- Image 30Erotic art, 18th century India
- Image 31Lakshmana Temple, Khajuraho
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- ... that a pornographic screenplay about Jesus led to papal and royal condemnations, a firebombing, the writer's ban from the UK, and thousands of letters per week demanding the ban of a non-existent gay Jesus film?
- ... that John Wayne Bobbitt Uncut was the bestselling pornographic film of 1994 and had the most rentals that year in the United States?
- ... that the Japanese male–male romance magazine June was originally pitched to its publisher as a "mildly pornographic magazine for women"?
- ... that the pastor John Littlejohn went from selling pornographic literature to sailors as a youth to protecting the Declaration of Independence?
- ... 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?
- ... that women were 33 percent more likely than men to search for clown pornography on Pornhub in 2016?
- ... that some viewers of an Arizona TV station saw hardcore pornography instead of the Super Bowl?
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