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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

Mansfield in Kiss Them for Me (1957)

Jayne Mansfield (born Vera Jayne Palmer; April 19, 1933 – June 29, 1967) was an American actress and Playboy Playmate. A sex symbol of the 1950s and early 1960s, Mansfield was known for her numerous publicity stunts and open personal life. Although her film career was short-lived, she had several box-office successes, and won a Theatre World Award and Golden Globe Award, and soon gained the nickname of Hollywood's "smartest dumb blonde."

Mansfield gained popularity after playing the role of fictional actress Rita Marlowe in Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter? (1955–1956) on Broadway, which she reprised in the film adaptation of the same name in 1957. Her other film roles include the musical comedy The Girl Can't Help It (1956), the drama The Wayward Bus (1957), the neo-noir Too Hot to Handle (1960), and the sex comedy Promises! Promises! (1963); the latter established Mansfield as the first major American actress to perform in a nude scene in a post-silent era film.

Mansfield took her professional name from her first husband, public relations professional Paul Mansfield. She married three times, each marriage ending in divorce, and had five children. She was allegedly intimately involved with numerous men, including Robert and John F. Kennedy, her attorney Samuel S. Brody, and Las Vegas entertainer Nelson Sardelli. On June 29, 1967, she died in a traffic collision while traveling to New Orleans at the age of 34. (Full article...)

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Selected work of erotic literature

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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 1Erotic actress and public health advocate Sharon Mitchell.
Image 2World map showing laws of general pornography
Image 3Pornographic DVDs, Japan, "Kawaii" section
Image 4Michele_Merkin - Glamour photography
Image 5Shy Love at AVN Adult Entertainment Expo 2012
Image 6A 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 7Hentai Manga, Japan
Image 8Rocco Siffredi
Image 9Dean Flynn and Chi Chi LaRue
Image 10Penthouse Pet Dani Daniels, wearing Penthouse key necklace
Image 11Jessie Andrews
Image 12Playmate of the Year and People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals spokesperson Pamela Anderson, signing DVDs at the USS Halsey
Image 13Audrey Hollander - American porn star
Image 14Example of Erotic photography
Image 15Katsuni - French pornographic actress.
Image 16Karen McDougal
Image 17Daisy Marie posing with a fan at the AVN Adult Entertainment Expo 2008
Image 18Rebeca Linares at AVN Adult Entertainment Expo 2009
Image 19Raylene
Image 20Louise Glover
Image 21Swedish/Tanzanian Playmate of the Year Ida Ljungqvist
Image 22Pornographic actress and cosplayer Tanya Tate as She-Ra
Image 23Tila Tequila
Image 24Figure 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 25Joanna Jet - transsexual pornographic actress and director
Image 26Michael Lucas, Nonie, Rafael Alencar, David Shankbone, and Ernesta Alamirano in Fire Island Pines
Image 27Carmen Luvana, Adult Entertainment Expo 2008
Image 28Lisa Ann
Image 29Playmate of the Year Sara Jean Underwood
Image 30Playboy Playmate Alison Waite
Image 31Cindy Margolis
Image 32Sculpture of Marilyn Monroe in Haugesund harbour, Norway

Image 32Sculpture of Marilyn Monroe in Haugesund harbour, Norway
Image 33Lupe Fuentes
Image 34Playmate of the_Year Corinna Harney
Image 35Transsexual pornographic actress Erica Andrews
Image 36Valentina Nappi at the AVN Awards Show, Las Vegas, Nevada on 21 January 2017
Image 37Francois Sagat, Folsom Street Fair
Image 38The COLT Studio Group, San Francisco
Image 39Playmate of the Year Claire Sinclair
Image 40Xaviera Hollander, author and former Sex worker
Image 41Silvia Saint, wearing a Bomis tee-shirt (a site previously run by Jimmy Wales, the founder of Wikipedia).
Image 42Hugh Hefner with Karissa Shannon, Dasha Astafieva, and Kristina Shannon
Image 43Bondage 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 44Pornographic actor and director Miles Long (submitted by self)
Image 45Pornographic film set. Pictured from left to right: Cali Chase, Mikey Butders, and a photographer identified as "Nicole."
Image 46Pierre Woodman filming in Australia
Image 47Sean Michaels - pornographic actor.
Image 48Jenna Jameson
Image 49American pornographic actor Ron Jeremy. One of top Porn Stars of All Time.
Image 50Hentai style of art, originally from Japan
Image 51Dana DeArmond

Slideshow of selected historical images

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

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

... that Nickelodeon storyboard artists created a book with hundreds of pornographic drawings of SpongeBob SquarePants characters?
... 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 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 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?
... that women were 33 percent more likely than men to search for clown pornography on Pornhub in 2016?
... that Aroha Bridge changed its name from Hook Ups because fans searching for the show often found pornography instead?
... that Claudia Riner was falsely accused of distributing lesbian erotica in the Kentucky House of Representatives?
... that Lewes Road in Brighton has a gyratory named after a pornographic cinema?