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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

Chambers in 2008

Marilyn Ann Taylor (née Briggs; April 22, 1952 – April 12, 2009), known professionally as Marilyn Chambers, was an American pornographic actress, exotic dancer, model, actress, singer and vice-presidential candidate. She was known for her 1972 hardcore film debut, Behind the Green Door, and her 1980 pornographic film Insatiable. She ranked at No. 6 on the list of Top 50 Porn Stars of All Time by AVN, and ranked as one of Playboy's Top 100 Sex Stars of the Century in 1999. Although she was primarily known for her adult film work, she made a successful transition to mainstream projects and has been called "porn's most famous crossover". (Full article...)

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Selected work of erotic literature

Title page from 1906

Josephine Mutzenbacher or The Story of a Viennese Whore, as Told by Herself (German: Josefine Mutzenbacher oder Die Geschichte einer Wienerischen Dirne von ihr selbst erzählt) is an erotic novel first published anonymously in Vienna, Austria, in 1906. The novel is famous in the German-speaking world, having been in print in both German and English for over 100 years and sold over 3 million copies, becoming an erotic bestseller.

Although no author claimed responsibility for the work, it was originally attributed to either Felix Salten or Arthur Schnitzler by the librarians at the University of Vienna. Today, critics, scholars, academics and the Austrian Government designate Salten as the sole author of the "pornographic classic". In 2022, a stylometric analysis showed that Felix Salten is the most probable author of the novel, the final pages excluded.

The original novel uses the specific local dialect of Vienna of that time in dialogues and is therefore used as a rare source of this dialect for linguists. It also describes, to some extent, the social and economic conditions of the lower class of that time. The novel has been translated into English, Swedish, Finnish, French, Spanish, Italian, Hungarian, Hebrew, Dutch, and Japanese among others, and been the subject of numerous films, theater productions, parodies, and university courses, as well as two sequels. (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) Tijuana bible Emmanuelle (novel) Sex (book)

Slideshow of selected contemporary images

Image 1Michael Lucas, Nonie, Rafael Alencar, David Shankbone, and Ernesta Alamirano in Fire Island Pines
Image 2Erotic actress and public health advocate Sharon Mitchell.
Image 3Jenna Jameson
Image 4Daisy Marie posing with a fan at the AVN Adult Entertainment Expo 2008
Image 5Silvia Saint, wearing a Bomis tee-shirt (a site previously run by Jimmy Wales, the founder of Wikipedia).
Image 6Carmen Luvana, Adult Entertainment Expo 2008
Image 7Audrey Hollander - American porn star
Image 8Katsuni - French pornographic actress.
Image 9A 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 10Transsexual pornographic actress Erica Andrews
Image 11Francois Sagat, Folsom Street Fair
Image 12Sean Michaels - pornographic actor.
Image 13Dean Flynn and Chi Chi LaRue
Image 14Playmate of the Year Sara Jean Underwood
Image 15Valentina Nappi at the AVN Awards Show, Las Vegas, Nevada on 21 January 2017
Image 16Hentai Manga, Japan
Image 17Sculpture of Marilyn Monroe in Haugesund harbour, Norway

Image 17Sculpture of Marilyn Monroe in Haugesund harbour, Norway
Image 18Rebeca Linares at AVN Adult Entertainment Expo 2009
Image 19Swedish/Tanzanian Playmate of the Year Ida Ljungqvist
Image 20Joanna Jet - transsexual pornographic actress and director
Image 21Bondage 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 22Pierre Woodman filming in Australia
Image 23Cindy Margolis
Image 24Karen McDougal
Image 25Playmate of the Year and People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals spokesperson Pamela Anderson, signing DVDs at the USS Halsey
Image 26Hentai style of art, originally from Japan
Image 27Jessie Andrews
Image 28The COLT Studio Group, San Francisco
Image 29Shy Love at AVN Adult Entertainment Expo 2012
Image 30Dana DeArmond
Image 31Michele_Merkin - Glamour photography
Image 32Example of Erotic photography
Image 33Lupe Fuentes
Image 34Pornographic actress and cosplayer Tanya Tate as She-Ra
Image 35World map showing laws of general pornography
Image 36Louise Glover
Image 37Rocco Siffredi
Image 38Penthouse Pet Dani Daniels, wearing Penthouse key necklace
Image 39Lisa Ann
Image 40Figure 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 41Playmate of the Year Claire Sinclair
Image 42Tila Tequila
Image 43Raylene
Image 44Pornographic actor and director Miles Long (submitted by self)
Image 45Playmate of the_Year Corinna Harney
Image 46Playboy Playmate Alison Waite
Image 47Hugh Hefner with Karissa Shannon, Dasha Astafieva, and Kristina Shannon
Image 48Pornographic film set. Pictured from left to right: Cali Chase, Mikey Butders, and a photographer identified as "Nicole."
Image 49Pornographic DVDs, Japan, "Kawaii" section
Image 50Xaviera Hollander, author and former Sex worker
Image 51American pornographic actor Ron Jeremy. One of top Porn Stars of All Time.

Slideshow of selected historical images

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

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... 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 in 2001, around 64 percent of all films produced in Malayalam were of the soft-porn variety?
... that Money Shot: The Pornhub Story was described by multiple reviewers as unsalacious?
... that some viewers of an Arizona TV station saw hardcore pornography instead of the Super Bowl?
... 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 the verse novel Songs of a Mormon Woman by Sidonie Grünwald-Zerkowitz was banned as pornographic in Austria?
... that Philipp Tanzer has been an army medic, artist, firefighter, hairdresser, massage therapist, festival organiser, political candidate and gay porn star?
... that zombie pornography emerged in the 1980s during a rise in the Italian sexploitation film industry?