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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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Pornographic actresses for the studio Digital Playground. From left to right: Jesse Jane, Céline Tran, Raven Alexis, Riley Steele, Janie Summers, Kayden Kross, at the AVN Adult Entertainment Expo (2010)

A pornographic film actor or actress, pornographic performer, adult entertainer, or porn star is a person who performs sex acts on video that is usually characterized as a pornographic movie. Such videos tend to be made in a number of distinct pornographic subgenres and attempt to present a sexual fantasy; the actors selected for a particular role are primarily selected on their ability to create or fit that fantasy. Pornographic videos are characterized as either softcore, which does not contain depictions of sexual penetration or extreme fetishism, and hardcore, which can contain depictions of penetration or extreme fetishism, or both. The genres and sexual intensity of videos is mainly determined by demand. Depending on the genre of the film, the on-screen appearance, age, and physical features of the actors and their ability to create the sexual mood of the video is of critical importance. Most actors specialize in certain genres, such as straight, bisexual, gay, lesbian, bondage, strap-on, anal, double penetration, semen swallowing, teenage, orgy, age roleplay, fauxcest, interracial or MILFs and more.

The pornography industry in the United States was the first to develop its own movie star system, primarily for commercial reasons. In other countries, the "star" system is not common, with most actors being amateurs. Most performers use a pseudonym and strive to maintain off-screen anonymity. A number of pornographic actors and actresses have written autobiographies. It is very rare for pornographic actors and actresses to successfully cross over to the mainstream film industry. Certain pornographic actors have leveraged their success to branch into different entrepreneurial endeavours, such as Jenna Jameson's ClubJenna.

Leaked patient database of Adult Industry Medical Health Care Foundation in 2011 contained details of over 12,000 pornographic actors that it had tested since 1998, providing estimates of the number of pornographic film actors who have worked in the United States. , it was reported that roughly 1,200–1,500 performers were working in California's "Porn Valley".^{[needs update]} (Full article...)

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Selected work of erotic literature

Wanli era edition

Jin Ping Mei (Chinese: 金瓶梅)—translated into English as The Plum in the Golden Vase or The Golden Lotus—is a Chinese novel of manners composed in vernacular Chinese during the latter half of the 16th century during the late Ming dynasty (1368–1644). Consisting of 100 chapters, it was published under the pseudonym Lanling Xiaoxiao Sheng (蘭陵笑笑生), "The Scoffing Scholar of Lanling," but the only clue to the actual identity is that the author hailed from Lanling County in present-day Shandong. The novel circulated in manuscript as early as 1596, and may have undergone revision up to its first printed edition in 1610. The most widely read recension, edited and published with commentaries by Zhang Zhupo in 1695, deleted or rewrote passages to help understand the author's intentions.

The explicit depiction of sexuality garnered the novel a notoriety akin to Lady Chatterley's Lover and Lolita in the West, but critics such as the translator David Tod Roy see a firm moral structure which exacts retribution for the sexual libertinism of the central characters.

Jin Ping Mei takes its name from the three central female characters—Pan Jinlian (潘金蓮, whose given name means "Golden Lotus"); Li Ping'er (李瓶兒, literally "Little Vase"), a concubine of Ximen Qing; and Pang Chunmei (龐春梅, "Spring plum blossoms"), a young maid who rose to power within the family. Chinese critics see each of the three Chinese characters in the title as symbolizing an aspect of human nature, such as mei (梅), plum blossoms, being metaphoric for sexuality. (Full article...)

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The Autobiography of a Flea Fifty Shades of Grey Story of the Eye Story of O Fanny Hill 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 Emmanuelle (novel) Sex (book)

Slideshow of selected contemporary images

Image 1Pornographic DVDs, Japan, "Kawaii" section
Image 2Tila Tequila
Image 3Cindy Margolis
Image 4Jenna Jameson
Image 5Joanna Jet - transsexual pornographic actress and director
Image 6Hugh Hefner with Karissa Shannon, Dasha Astafieva, and Kristina Shannon
Image 7Figure 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 8Carmen Luvana, Adult Entertainment Expo 2008
Image 9Raylene
Image 10Pornographic actor and director Miles Long (submitted by self)
Image 11Bondage 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 12Playmate of the Year Claire Sinclair
Image 13Hentai style of art, originally from Japan
Image 14Jessie Andrews
Image 15Michael Lucas, Nonie, Rafael Alencar, David Shankbone, and Ernesta Alamirano in Fire Island Pines
Image 16Playmate of the Year and People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals spokesperson Pamela Anderson, signing DVDs at the USS Halsey
Image 17Valentina Nappi at the AVN Awards Show, Las Vegas, Nevada on 21 January 2017
Image 18Francois Sagat, Folsom Street Fair
Image 19Katsuni - French pornographic actress.
Image 20Shy Love at AVN Adult Entertainment Expo 2012
Image 21Sean Michaels - pornographic actor.
Image 22Daisy Marie posing with a fan at the AVN Adult Entertainment Expo 2008
Image 23Louise Glover
Image 24Swedish/Tanzanian Playmate of the Year Ida Ljungqvist
Image 25Audrey Hollander - American porn star
Image 26Lisa Ann
Image 27Penthouse Pet Dani Daniels, wearing Penthouse key necklace
Image 28Dana DeArmond
Image 29Erotic actress and public health advocate Sharon Mitchell.
Image 30Rebeca Linares at AVN Adult Entertainment Expo 2009
Image 31Silvia Saint, wearing a Bomis tee-shirt (a site previously run by Jimmy Wales, the founder of Wikipedia).
Image 32Hentai Manga, Japan
Image 33Dean Flynn and Chi Chi LaRue
Image 34Xaviera Hollander, author and former Sex worker
Image 35Playmate of the Year Sara Jean Underwood
Image 36World map showing laws of general pornography
Image 37Pierre Woodman filming in Australia
Image 38Michele_Merkin - Glamour photography
Image 39Sculpture of Marilyn Monroe in Haugesund harbour, Norway

Image 39Sculpture of Marilyn Monroe in Haugesund harbour, Norway
Image 40Transsexual pornographic actress Erica Andrews
Image 41A 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 42American pornographic actor Ron Jeremy. One of top Porn Stars of All Time.
Image 43Pornographic film set. Pictured from left to right: Cali Chase, Mikey Butders, and a photographer identified as "Nicole."
Image 44Example of Erotic photography
Image 45Playboy Playmate Alison Waite
Image 46Karen McDougal
Image 47The COLT Studio Group, San Francisco
Image 48Pornographic actress and cosplayer Tanya Tate as She-Ra
Image 49Lupe Fuentes
Image 50Playmate of the_Year Corinna Harney
Image 51Rocco Siffredi

Slideshow of selected historical images

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

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... that Aroha Bridge changed its name from Hook Ups because fans searching for the show often found pornography instead?
... that in 2001, around 64 percent of all films produced in Malayalam were of the soft-porn variety?
... that the 1983 pink film Beautiful Mystery was one of the earliest commercially produced gay pornographic films in Japan?
... that Lewes Road in Brighton has a gyratory named after a pornographic cinema?
... 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 according to one source, The Embroidered Couch is "most likely China's earliest vernacular pornographic novel"?
... 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 the 1980s were the "age of hole-discovery" in yaoi erotica?