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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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Jacobson v. United States, 503 U.S. 540 (1992), is a case decided by the United States Supreme Court regarding the criminal procedure topic of entrapment. A narrowly divided court overturned the conviction of a Nebraska man for receiving child sexual abuse material through the mail, ruling that postal inspectors had implanted a desire to do so through repeated written entreaties.

It was the first time the court had considered an entrapment case from outside the realm of controlled-substance enforcement, or one involving conduct that had only recently been criminalized. By relying exclusively on whether the defendant had a predisposition to commit the crime, the court appeared to have finally resolved a lingering issue in its previous decisions on the subject.

The decision was seen as a rare triumph for defendants before a conservative court that frequently sided with prosecutors. Guidelines for federal law enforcement agents were changed in its wake, and it was described as having brought entrapment "back from the dead." (Full article...)

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Selected work of erotic literature

Tropic of Cancer is an autobiographical novel by Henry Miller that is best known as "notorious for its candid sexuality", with the resulting social controversy considered responsible for the "free speech that we now take for granted in literature." It was first published in 1934 by the Obelisk Press in Paris, France, but this edition was banned in the United States. Its publication in 1961 in the United States by Grove Press led to obscenity trials that tested American laws on pornography in the early 1960s. In 1964, the U.S. Supreme Court declared the book non-obscene. It is regarded as an important work of 20th-century literature. (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 Josephine Mutzenbacher Tijuana bible Emmanuelle (novel) Sex (book)

Slideshow of selected contemporary images

Image 1Daisy Marie posing with a fan at the AVN Adult Entertainment Expo 2008
Image 2Pornographic film set. Pictured from left to right: Cali Chase, Mikey Butders, and a photographer identified as "Nicole."
Image 3Louise Glover
Image 4Penthouse Pet Dani Daniels, wearing Penthouse key necklace
Image 5Joanna Jet - transsexual pornographic actress and director
Image 6Lupe Fuentes
Image 7Lisa Ann
Image 8Dean Flynn and Chi Chi LaRue
Image 9The COLT Studio Group, San Francisco
Image 10Valentina Nappi at the AVN Awards Show, Las Vegas, Nevada on 21 January 2017
Image 11Karen McDougal
Image 12Pornographic actor and director Miles Long (submitted by self)
Image 13Playmate of the Year Claire Sinclair
Image 14World map showing laws of general pornography
Image 15Xaviera Hollander, author and former Sex worker
Image 16Playboy Playmate Alison Waite
Image 17Shy Love at AVN Adult Entertainment Expo 2012
Image 18Hentai Manga, Japan
Image 19Jessie Andrews
Image 20Raylene
Image 21Hentai style of art, originally from Japan
Image 22Transsexual pornographic actress Erica Andrews
Image 23Rocco Siffredi
Image 24Swedish/Tanzanian Playmate of the Year Ida Ljungqvist
Image 25Pornographic actress and cosplayer Tanya Tate as She-Ra
Image 26Pornographic DVDs, Japan, "Kawaii" section
Image 27Pierre Woodman filming in Australia
Image 28Figure 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 29Playmate of the Year and People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals spokesperson Pamela Anderson, signing DVDs at the USS Halsey
Image 30Michele_Merkin - Glamour photography
Image 31A 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 32Cindy Margolis
Image 33Michael Lucas, Nonie, Rafael Alencar, David Shankbone, and Ernesta Alamirano in Fire Island Pines
Image 34Katsuni - French pornographic actress.
Image 35Rebeca Linares at AVN Adult Entertainment Expo 2009
Image 36Silvia Saint, wearing a Bomis tee-shirt (a site previously run by Jimmy Wales, the founder of Wikipedia).
Image 37Sean Michaels - pornographic actor.
Image 38Example of Erotic photography
Image 39Erotic actress and public health advocate Sharon Mitchell.
Image 40Playmate of the Year Sara Jean Underwood
Image 41Dana DeArmond
Image 42Bondage 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 43Playmate of the_Year Corinna Harney
Image 44Sculpture of Marilyn Monroe in Haugesund harbour, Norway

Image 44Sculpture of Marilyn Monroe in Haugesund harbour, Norway
Image 45Francois Sagat, Folsom Street Fair
Image 46Audrey Hollander - American porn star
Image 47Tila Tequila
Image 48Jenna Jameson
Image 49Carmen Luvana, Adult Entertainment Expo 2008
Image 50American pornographic actor Ron Jeremy. One of top Porn Stars of All Time.
Image 51Hugh Hefner with Karissa Shannon, Dasha Astafieva, and Kristina Shannon

Slideshow of selected historical images

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

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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 Claudia Riner was falsely accused of distributing lesbian erotica in the Kentucky House of Representatives?
... that some viewers of an Arizona TV station saw hardcore pornography instead of the Super Bowl?
... that Money Shot: The Pornhub Story was described by multiple reviewers as unsalacious?
... that Jan Kochanowski's Fraszki is a 16th-century collection of almost 300 poems, ranging from anecdotes and epitaphs to obscenities and erotica?
... that the 1980s were the "age of hole-discovery" in yaoi erotica?
... 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 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?