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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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Hitomi Kobayashi (Japanese: 小林ひとみ, Hepburn: Kobayashi Hitomi) is an important early Japanese AV idol. One of the founding figures of the Japanese adult video, she has been called indispensable to any discussion of the AV. Mainichi Shimbun calls her "one of the icons of Japanese adult cinema history." Her unprecedented popularity in the mid-1980s, the early days of the Japanese AV, earned her the title "Queen of AV." According to an adult entertainment reporter for Shukan Shincho, "She laid the foundations for the golden age of adult video."

After making her debut as a non-pornographic photobook and "image video" model, Kobayashi entered the AV field in 1986. Because of her rapid popularity, Nikkatsu, Japan's leading producer of softcore pornography at the time, hired her to appear in theatrical films in 1987. After marriage and a semi-retirement beginning in 1989, Kobayashi fully returned to the AV industry in 1998. She announced her retirement in 2003 with a big-budget, though controversial, two-volume farewell adult video. (Full article...)

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Selected work of erotic literature

Emmanuelle (Emmanuelle: The Joys of a Woman) is an erotic novel by Emmanuelle Arsan originally written in French and published in France in 1967. It was translated into and published in English in 1971 by Mayflower Books. It is a series of explicit erotic fantasies of the author in which she has sex with several—often anonymous—men and women, as well as her husband. It is written in the first person and the reader sees events entirely through the eyes of the sexually adventurous heroine. The book sold widely and later went on to be adapted into a film. The book had two print sequels, and the film launched an extended series. (Full article...)

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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 Tijuana bible Sex (book)

Slideshow of selected contemporary images

Image 1Playmate of the_Year Corinna Harney
Image 2Pornographic actress and cosplayer Tanya Tate as She-Ra
Image 3Swedish/Tanzanian Playmate of the Year Ida Ljungqvist
Image 4Dana DeArmond
Image 5Sean Michaels - pornographic actor.
Image 6Michele_Merkin - Glamour photography
Image 7Shy Love at AVN Adult Entertainment Expo 2012
Image 8Playmate of the Year Claire Sinclair
Image 9Pornographic film set. Pictured from left to right: Cali Chase, Mikey Butders, and a photographer identified as "Nicole."
Image 10Lisa Ann
Image 11Playmate of the Year and People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals spokesperson Pamela Anderson, signing DVDs at the USS Halsey
Image 12Carmen Luvana, Adult Entertainment Expo 2008
Image 13Penthouse Pet Dani Daniels, wearing Penthouse key necklace
Image 14Cindy Margolis
Image 15Transsexual pornographic actress Erica Andrews
Image 16Daisy Marie posing with a fan at the AVN Adult Entertainment Expo 2008
Image 17Xaviera Hollander, author and former Sex worker
Image 18Michael Lucas, Nonie, Rafael Alencar, David Shankbone, and Ernesta Alamirano in Fire Island Pines
Image 19Lupe Fuentes
Image 20Pierre Woodman filming in Australia
Image 21Hugh Hefner with Karissa Shannon, Dasha Astafieva, and Kristina Shannon
Image 22Silvia Saint, wearing a Bomis tee-shirt (a site previously run by Jimmy Wales, the founder of Wikipedia).
Image 23Pornographic DVDs, Japan, "Kawaii" section
Image 24American pornographic actor Ron Jeremy. One of top Porn Stars of All Time.
Image 25Raylene
Image 26Erotic actress and public health advocate Sharon Mitchell.
Image 27Bondage 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 28Example of Erotic photography
Image 29The COLT Studio Group, San Francisco
Image 30World map showing laws of general pornography
Image 31Rocco Siffredi
Image 32Joanna Jet - transsexual pornographic actress and director
Image 33Sculpture of Marilyn Monroe in Haugesund harbour, Norway

Image 33Sculpture of Marilyn Monroe in Haugesund harbour, Norway
Image 34Karen McDougal
Image 35Hentai Manga, Japan
Image 36Dean Flynn and Chi Chi LaRue
Image 37Valentina Nappi at the AVN Awards Show, Las Vegas, Nevada on 21 January 2017
Image 38Louise Glover
Image 39Jenna Jameson
Image 40Katsuni - French pornographic actress.
Image 41Figure 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 42Audrey Hollander - American porn star
Image 43Pornographic actor and director Miles Long (submitted by self)
Image 44Playmate of the Year Sara Jean Underwood
Image 45Playboy Playmate Alison Waite
Image 46Jessie Andrews
Image 47A 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 48Rebeca Linares at AVN Adult Entertainment Expo 2009
Image 49Tila Tequila
Image 50Hentai style of art, originally from Japan
Image 51Francois Sagat, Folsom Street Fair

Slideshow of selected historical images

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

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... 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 a pornographic video service once offered NFL quarterback Gardner Minshew a one-million-dollar endorsement deal based on his habit of exercising in nothing but a jockstrap?
... 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 Claudia Riner was falsely accused of distributing lesbian erotica in the Kentucky House of Representatives?
... that John Wayne Bobbitt Uncut was the bestselling pornographic film of 1994 and had the most rentals that year in the United States?
... that Jan Kochanowski's Fraszki is a 16th-century collection of almost 300 poems, ranging from anecdotes and epitaphs to obscenities and erotica?
... that according to one source, The Embroidered Couch is "most likely China's earliest vernacular pornographic novel"?
... 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?