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Introduction

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Pornography (colloquially known as porn or porno) is sexual subject material such as a picture, video, text, or audio that is intended for sexual arousal. Made for consumption by adults, pornographic depictions have evolved from cave paintings, some forty millennia ago, to modern virtual reality presentations. A general distinction of adults-only sexual content is made-classifying it as pornography or erotica.

The oldest artifacts considered pornographic were discovered in Germany in 2008 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 by Andy Warhol 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 art, literature or photography 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, monster, tentacle erotica and bondage 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

Shu Qi in 2024

Lin Li-hui (born 16 April 1976) (Chinese: 林立慧), better known by her stage name Shu Qi (Chinese: 舒淇), is a Hong Kong–Taiwanese actress and model.

She is one of the most successful Taiwanese actresses of all time. She has received three Hong Kong Film Awards and two Golden Horse Awards among many other awards. She has collaborated with master director Hou Hsiao-hsien on three films: Millennium Mambo (2001), Three Times (2005), and The Assassin (2015). Shu Qi has also played leading roles in both art-house films and box-office hits, including If You Are the One (2008) by Feng Xiaogang, Journey to the West: Conquering the Demons (2013) by Stephen Chow, Gone with the Bullets (2014) by Jiang Wen, and Mojin: The Lost Legend (2015) by Wuershan.

Shu ranked 18th on Forbes China Celebrity 100 list in 2013, 23rd in 2014, 32nd in 2015, 48th in 2017, and 90th in 2019. (Full article...)

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Selected work of erotic literature

Cover of the 1962 edition

Story of O (French: Histoire d'O, IPA: [istwaʁ do]) is an erotic novel written by French author Anne Desclos under the pen name Pauline Réage, with the original French text published in 1954 by Jean-Jacques Pauvert.

Desclos did not reveal herself as the author until 1994, 40 years after the initial publication. Desclos stated she wrote the novel as a series of love letters to her lover Jean Paulhan, who had admired the work of the Marquis de Sade. The novel shares with the latter themes such as love, dominance, and submission. (Full article...)

List of selected works
The Autobiography of a Flea Fifty Shades of Grey Story of the Eye 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 Emmanuelle (novel) Sex (book)

Slideshow of selected contemporary images

Image 1Michele_Merkin - Glamour photography
Image 2Pornographic actor and director Miles Long (submitted by self)
Image 3Francois Sagat, Folsom Street Fair
Image 4Pierre Woodman filming in Australia
Image 5A 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 6Lisa Ann
Image 7Erotic actress and public health advocate Sharon Mitchell.
Image 8Hentai Manga, Japan
Image 9Lupe Fuentes
Image 10Figure 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 11American pornographic actor Ron Jeremy. One of top Porn Stars of All Time.
Image 12Valentina Nappi at the AVN Awards Show, Las Vegas, Nevada on 21 January 2017
Image 13Karen McDougal
Image 14Playmate of the Year and People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals spokesperson Pamela Anderson, signing DVDs at the USS Halsey
Image 15Tila Tequila
Image 16Pornographic DVDs, Japan, "Kawaii" section
Image 17World map showing laws of general pornography
Image 18Playboy Playmate Alison Waite
Image 19Penthouse Pet Dani Daniels, wearing Penthouse key necklace
Image 20Transsexual pornographic actress Erica Andrews
Image 21Hentai style of art, originally from Japan
Image 22Rocco Siffredi
Image 23Jessie Andrews
Image 24Playmate of the Year Sara Jean Underwood
Image 25Sculpture of Marilyn Monroe in Haugesund harbour, Norway

Image 25Sculpture of Marilyn Monroe in Haugesund harbour, Norway
Image 26Dana DeArmond
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 28Dean Flynn and Chi Chi LaRue
Image 29Playmate of the Year Claire Sinclair
Image 30Joanna Jet - transsexual pornographic actress and director
Image 31Cindy Margolis
Image 32Silvia Saint, wearing a Bomis tee-shirt (a site previously run by Jimmy Wales, the founder of Wikipedia).
Image 33Shy Love at AVN Adult Entertainment Expo 2012
Image 34Xaviera Hollander, author and former Sex worker
Image 35Raylene
Image 36Example of Erotic photography
Image 37Louise Glover
Image 38The COLT Studio Group, San Francisco
Image 39Rebeca Linares at AVN Adult Entertainment Expo 2009
Image 40Pornographic actress and cosplayer Tanya Tate as She-Ra
Image 41Hugh Hefner with Karissa Shannon, Dasha Astafieva, and Kristina Shannon
Image 42Daisy Marie posing with a fan at the AVN Adult Entertainment Expo 2008
Image 43Katsuni - French pornographic actress.
Image 44Playmate of the_Year Corinna Harney
Image 45Swedish/Tanzanian Playmate of the Year Ida Ljungqvist
Image 46Audrey Hollander - American porn star
Image 47Carmen Luvana, Adult Entertainment Expo 2008
Image 48Michael Lucas, Nonie, Rafael Alencar, David Shankbone, and Ernesta Alamirano in Fire Island Pines
Image 49Pornographic film set. Pictured from left to right: Cali Chase, Mikey Butders, and a photographer identified as "Nicole."
Image 50Jenna Jameson
Image 51Sean Michaels - pornographic actor.

Slideshow of selected historical images

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

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 in 2001, around 64 percent of all films produced in Malayalam were of the soft-porn variety?
... that Claudia Riner was falsely accused of distributing lesbian erotica in the Kentucky House of Representatives?
... 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 zombie pornography emerged in the 1980s during a rise in the Italian sexploitation film industry?
... that the 1980s were the "age of hole-discovery" in yaoi erotica?