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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. 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...)

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Selected article

Samson attending the AVN Awards Show at the Palms Casino Resort, Las Vegas, Nevada, January 2010

Savanna Samson (born October 14, 1967) is the stage name of Natalie Oliveros, an American former pornographic actress. The winner of several AVN Awards, she has spent most of her career as a contract performer with major producer Vivid Entertainment, and is known for her roles in acclaimed adult films such as The New Devil in Miss Jones. In addition to performing, she has her own adult film studio, Savanna Samson Productions. A native of upstate New York, she entered the adult film industry in 2000, after working as a dancer at the Manhattan strip club, Scores.

Samson has gained mainstream recognition with appearances on television shows such as Saturday Night Live, The Daily Show and 30 Rock. Her wide range of activities outside pornography include working as a sex-advice columnist, a radio presenter and a political correspondent. She also produces her own line of wines, has a recording contract with E1 Music and is a trained ballerina. (Full article...)

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Selected work of erotic literature

Final page of the Tijuana bible *Chris Crusty*, drawn by "Mr. Prolific", which borrowed the syndicated comic strip character Chris Crusty created by Bill Conselman and Charles Plumb for a topper strip which ran above their *Ella Cinders*

Tijuana bibles (also known as eight-pagers, Tillie-and-Mac books, Jiggs-and-Maggie books, Jo-Jo books, bluesies, blue-bibles, gray-backs, and two-by-fours) were palm-sized erotic comics produced in the United States from the 1920s to the early 1960s. Their popularity peaked during the Great Depression era.

Most Tijuana bibles were obscene parodies of popular newspaper comic strips at the time, such as "Blondie", "Barney Google", "Moon Mullins", "Popeye", "Tillie the Toiler", "The Katzenjammer Kids", "Dick Tracy", "Little Orphan Annie", and "Bringing Up Father". Others made use of characters based on popular movie and sports stars of the day such as Mae West, W.C. Fields, Clark Gable, Joan Crawford, The Marx Brothers, Cary Grant, Jean Harlow, Babe Ruth, Lou Gehrig, and Joe Louis, sometimes with names only subtly changed. Before World War II, almost all the stories were humorous, cartoon versions of well-known dirty jokes that had been making the rounds for decades.

The artists, writers, and publishers of these booklets generally remained anonymous as their publication was illegal and clandestine. The quality of the artwork varied widely. The subjects consisted of explicit sexual escapades, usually featuring well-known newspaper comic strip characters, movie stars, and (rarely) political figures, invariably used without respect for either copyright or libel law and without permission. Tijuana bibles featured ethnic stereotypes found in popular culture at the time, although one Tijuana bible ("You Nazi Man") concluded on a serious note with a brief message from the publisher pleading for greater tolerance in Germany for the Jews. (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 Lolita Tropic of Cancer (novel) Josephine Mutzenbacher Emmanuelle (novel) Sex (book)

Slideshow of selected contemporary images

Image 1Lupe Fuentes
Image 2Louise Glover
Image 3Audrey Hollander - American porn star
Image 4Katsuni - French pornographic actress.
Image 5Michele_Merkin - Glamour photography
Image 6Figure 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 7Playmate of the_Year Corinna Harney
Image 8Michael Lucas, Nonie, Rafael Alencar, David Shankbone, and Ernesta Alamirano in Fire Island Pines
Image 9Sculpture of Marilyn Monroe in Haugesund harbour, Norway

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

Slideshow of selected historical images

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

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

... that Lewes Road in Brighton has a gyratory named after a pornographic cinema?
... that Koh Masaki was one of the first gay pornographic film actors in Japan to openly appear in adult films without obscuring his identity?
... that Money Shot: The Pornhub Story was described by multiple reviewers as unsalacious?
... that the 1983 pink film Beautiful Mystery was one of the earliest commercially produced gay pornographic films in Japan?
... that the Japanese male–male romance magazine June was originally pitched to its publisher as a "mildly pornographic magazine for women"?
... that Claudia Riner was falsely accused of distributing lesbian erotica in the Kentucky House of Representatives?
... that Philipp Tanzer has been an army medic, artist, firefighter, hairdresser, massage therapist, festival organiser, political candidate and gay porn star?
... 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?