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Introduction

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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. Intended 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...)

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Selected article

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Louise Helena Glover (born 8 February 1983) is an English model and beauty pageant titleholder. She is well known for her work as a glamour model, with appearances in British lad mags, including FHM, Bizarre, Maxim, Loaded, and tabloids such as the News of the World, The Sun and Daily Star. She is the first British model to be named "Model of the Year" in Playboy Special Editions. (Full article...)

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Selected work of erotic literature

First edition cover

Lolita is a 1955 novel written by Russian-American novelist Vladimir Nabokov that addresses the controversial subject of hebephilia. The protagonist is a French literature professor who moves to New England and writes under the pseudonym Humbert Humbert. He describes his obsession with a 12-year-old "nymphet", Dolores Haze, whom he kidnaps and sexually abuses after becoming her stepfather. Privately, he calls her "Lolita", the Spanish nickname for Dolores. The novel was originally written in English, but fear of censorship in the U.S. (where Nabokov lived) and Britain led to it being first published in Paris, France, in 1955 by Olympia Press.

The book has received critical acclaim regardless of the controversy it caused with the public. It has been included in many lists of best books, such as Time's List of the 100 Best Novels, Le Monde's 100 Books of the Century, Bokklubben World Library, Modern Library's 100 Best Novels, and The Big Read. The novel has been twice adapted into film: first in 1962 by Stanley Kubrick, and later in 1997 by Adrian Lyne. It has also been adapted several times for the stage. (Full article...)

List of selected works
The Autobiography of a Flea 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 Tropic of Cancer (novel) Josephine Mutzenbacher Tijuana bible Emmanuelle (novel) Sex (book)

Slideshow of selected contemporary images

Image 1Penthouse Pet Dani Daniels, wearing Penthouse key necklace
Image 2Bondage 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 3The COLT Studio Group, San Francisco
Image 4Sculpture of Marilyn Monroe in Haugesund harbour, Norway

Image 4Sculpture of Marilyn Monroe in Haugesund harbour, Norway
Image 5Lisa Ann
Image 6Erotic actress and public health advocate Sharon Mitchell.
Image 7Carmen Luvana, Adult Entertainment Expo 2008
Image 8Jenna Jameson
Image 9Playboy Playmate Alison Waite
Image 10World map showing laws of general pornography
Image 11A 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 12Raylene
Image 13Audrey Hollander - American porn star
Image 14American pornographic actor Ron Jeremy. One of top Porn Stars of All Time.
Image 15Pornographic DVDs, Japan, "Kawaii" section
Image 16Pornographic actress and cosplayer Tanya Tate as She-Ra
Image 17Lupe Fuentes
Image 18Pornographic actor and director Miles Long (submitted by self)
Image 19Hentai Manga, Japan
Image 20Michael Lucas, Nonie, Rafael Alencar, David Shankbone, and Ernesta Alamirano in Fire Island Pines
Image 21Daisy Marie posing with a fan at the AVN Adult Entertainment Expo 2008
Image 22Pornographic film set. Pictured from left to right: Cali Chase, Mikey Butders, and a photographer identified as "Nicole."
Image 23Silvia Saint, wearing a Bomis tee-shirt (a site previously run by Jimmy Wales, the founder of Wikipedia).
Image 24Transsexual pornographic actress Erica Andrews
Image 25Joanna Jet - transsexual pornographic actress and director
Image 26Louise Glover
Image 27Example of Erotic photography
Image 28Karen McDougal
Image 29Jessie Andrews
Image 30Dean Flynn and Chi Chi LaRue
Image 31Hugh Hefner with Karissa Shannon, Dasha Astafieva, and Kristina Shannon
Image 32Figure 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 33Michele_Merkin - Glamour photography
Image 34Dana DeArmond
Image 35Rebeca Linares at AVN Adult Entertainment Expo 2009
Image 36Cindy Margolis
Image 37Playmate of the Year and People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals spokesperson Pamela Anderson, signing DVDs at the USS Halsey
Image 38Pierre Woodman filming in Australia
Image 39Playmate of the Year Sara Jean Underwood
Image 40Tila Tequila
Image 41Valentina Nappi at the AVN Awards Show, Las Vegas, Nevada on 21 January 2017
Image 42Playmate of the_Year Corinna Harney
Image 43Sean Michaels - pornographic actor.
Image 44Hentai style of art, originally from Japan
Image 45Katsuni - French pornographic actress.
Image 46Francois Sagat, Folsom Street Fair
Image 47Shy Love at AVN Adult Entertainment Expo 2012
Image 48Swedish/Tanzanian Playmate of the Year Ida Ljungqvist
Image 49Rocco Siffredi
Image 50Xaviera Hollander, author and former Sex worker
Image 51Playmate of the Year Claire Sinclair

Slideshow of selected historical images

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

Did you know (auto-generated) - load new batch

... that according to one source, The Embroidered Couch is "most likely China's earliest vernacular pornographic novel"?
... that the pastor John Littlejohn went from selling pornographic literature to sailors as a youth to protecting the Declaration of Independence?
... that the 1983 pink film Beautiful Mystery was one of the earliest commercially produced gay pornographic films in Japan?
... that John Wayne Bobbitt Uncut was the bestselling pornographic film of 1994 and had the most rentals that year in the United States?
... that Nickelodeon storyboard artists created a book with hundreds of pornographic drawings of SpongeBob SquarePants characters?
... 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 Claudia Riner was falsely accused of distributing lesbian erotica in the Kentucky House of Representatives?
... that zombie pornography emerged in the 1980s during a rise in the Italian sexploitation film industry?