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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...)
Selected article
Selected work of erotic literature
The Songs of Bilitis (/bɪˈliːtɪs/; French: Les Chansons de Bilitis) is a collection of erotic, essentially lesbian, poetry by Pierre Louÿs published in Paris in 1894. Since Louÿs claimed that he had translated the original poetry from Ancient Greek, this work is considered a pseudotranslation. The poems were actually clever fabulations, authored by Louÿs himself, and are still considered important literature.
The poems are in the manner of Sappho; the collection's introduction claims they were found on the walls of a tomb in Cyprus, written by a woman of Ancient Greece called Bilitis (Greek: Βιλιτις), a courtesan and contemporary of Sappho's to whose life Louÿs dedicated a small section of the book. On publication, the volume deceived even expert scholars.
Louÿs claimed the 143 prose poems, excluding 3 epitaphs, were entirely the work of this ancient poet—a place where she poured both her most intimate thoughts and most public actions, from childhood innocence in Pamphylia to the loneliness and chagrin of her later years. (Full article...)Slideshow of selected contemporary images
- Image 1Michele_Merkin - Glamour photography
- Image 2Pornographic DVDs, Japan, "Kawaii" section
- Image 3World map showing laws of general pornography
- Image 5Karen McDougal
- Image 6Rocco Siffredi
- Image 8Example of Erotic photography
- Image 9Shy Love at AVN Adult Entertainment Expo 2012
- Image 10Jenna Jameson
- Image 11Hentai style of art, originally from Japan
- Image 13Pornographic actor and director Miles Long (submitted by self)
- Image 14Figure 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 15Jessie Andrews
- Image 16Pierre Woodman filming in Australia
- Image 17Carmen Luvana, Adult Entertainment Expo 2008
- Image 18Transsexual pornographic actress Erica Andrews
- Image 19Bondage 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 20Silvia Saint, wearing a Bomis tee-shirt (a site previously run by Jimmy Wales, the founder of Wikipedia).
- Image 21Katsuni - French pornographic actress.
- Image 22Audrey Hollander - American porn star
- Image 23Lisa Ann
- Image 24Tila Tequila
- Image 25Joanna Jet - transsexual pornographic actress and director
- Image 27Lupe Fuentes
- Image 28Dana DeArmond
- Image 29Michael Lucas, Nonie, Rafael Alencar, David Shankbone, and Ernesta Alamirano in Fire Island Pines
- Image 31A 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 32Valentina Nappi at the AVN Awards Show, Las Vegas, Nevada on 21 January 2017
- Image 33The COLT Studio Group, San Francisco
- Image 34Rebeca Linares at AVN Adult Entertainment Expo 2009
- Image 36Pornographic film set. Pictured from left to right: Cali Chase, Mikey Butders, and a photographer identified as "Nicole."
- Image 37Sean Michaels - pornographic actor.
- Image 39Hugh Hefner with Karissa Shannon, Dasha Astafieva, and Kristina Shannon
- Image 42Dean Flynn and Chi Chi LaRue
- Image 43Erotic actress and public health advocate Sharon Mitchell.
- Image 44Louise Glover
- Image 45American pornographic actor Ron Jeremy. One of top Porn Stars of All Time.
- Image 47Raylene
- Image 48Daisy Marie posing with a fan at the AVN Adult Entertainment Expo 2008
- Image 49Cindy Margolis
- Image 50Playmate of the Year and People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals spokesperson Pamela Anderson, signing DVDs at the USS Halsey
- Image 51Penthouse Pet Dani Daniels, wearing Penthouse key necklace
Slideshow of selected historical images
- Image 1Kama Sutra illustration (19th century?)
- Image 3Cunnilingus portrayed at Pompeii - Source: John R. Clarke: Ars Erotica. Darmstadt: Primus 2009
- Image 5Miniature from 15th century Persian book
- Image 6Lakshmana Temple, Khajuraho
- Image 7Kama Sutra illustration (19th century?)
- Image 8Shunga, Japan (ca 1750)
- Image 9Erotic art, 18th century India
- Image 10Illustration from La Grande Danse macabre des vifs, Martin van Maële (1905)
- Image 11Hokusai, Untamed Lion, From the series Picture Book Patterns of Couples (Ehon tsui no hinagata), c. 1812
- Image 12The Venus of Willendorf prehistoric sculpture
- Image 13Traditional pederastic courtship scene on an Athenian black-figure amphora from the 5th century B.C.
- Image 16Roman oil lamp portraying intercourse
- Image 17Erotic art, India, 18th century
- Image 19Kama Sutra illustration (19th century?)
- Image 23Two Lovers, by Reza Abbasi.
- Image 25Nights of Horror, panel by Joe Shuster (public domain)
- Image 27Erotic scene. Rim of an Attic red-figure kylix, c. 510 BC., ancient Greece
- Image 28Nineteenth century nude photograph.
- Image 30Hokusai, Untitled (Plate No. 4) From the series Picture Book Patterns of Couples (Ehon tsui no hinagata), c. 1812
Did you know (auto-generated) - load new batch
- ... 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 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 Lewes Road in Brighton has a gyratory named after a pornographic cinema?
- ... 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 Christian radio station KIXL near Austin, Texas, pulled an anti-pornography program off-air in mid-transmission because of its graphic descriptions of gay sex?
- ... that the 1983 pink film Beautiful Mystery was one of the earliest commercially produced gay pornographic films in Japan?
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