Pavonazzeto marble sculpture, see Erotic art in Pompeii

Pornography (from Greek πορνογραφια pornographia — literally writing about or drawings of harlots) is the representation of the human body or human sexual behaviour with the goal of sexual arousal, similar to, but (according to some) distinct from, erotica. Download high resolution version (378x806, 47 KB)Pavonazzetto Marble Sculpture, Pompeii. ... Download high resolution version (378x806, 47 KB)Pavonazzetto Marble Sculpture, Pompeii. ... Ancient Pompeii was full of erotic or pornographic frescoes, symbols, inscriptions, and even household items. ... Prostitution is the sale of sexual services (typically manual stimulation, oral sex, sexual intercourse, or anal sex) for cash or other kind of return, generally indiscriminately with many persons. ... Sexual behavior is a form of physical intimacy that may be directed to reproduction (one possible goal of sexual intercourse) and/or to the enjoyment of activity involving sexual gratification. ... Sexual arousal is the process and state of an animal being ready for sexual intercourse. ... An erotic photo Erotica, from the Greek eros, love, are works of art, including literature, photography, film, sculpture and painting, that deal substantively with erotically stimulating or arousing descriptions. ...

Pornography may use any of a variety of media — written and spoken text, photos, sculpture, drawings, moving images (including animation), and sounds such as heavy breathing. Pornographic films combine moving images, spoken erotic text and/or other erotic sounds, while magazines often combine photos and written text. Novels and short stories provide written text, sometimes with illustrations. In addition to media, a live performance may also be called pornographic. A photograph (often just called a photo) is an image (or a representation of that on e. ... Ancient Greeks depiction of ideal form of the body is expressed through sculpture such as this one. ... Drawing is one of many ways to making an image; it is the process of making marks on a surface by applying pressure from or moving a tool on the surface. ... Image of the Wikimedia Commons logo. ... Animation is the technique in which each frame of a film or movie is produced individually, whether generated as a computer graphic, or by photographing a drawn image, or by repeatedly making small changes to a model (see claymation and stop motion), and then photographing the result. ... A schematic representation of auditory signaling Sound is vibration, as perceived by the sense of hearing. ... Pornographic movies appeared shortly after the creation of the movie technology that made them possible. ... Image of the Wikimedia Commons logo. ... A collection of magazines A magazine is a periodical publication containing a variety of articles on various subjects. ... A novel is an extended work of written, narrative, prose fiction, usually in story form; the writer of a novel is a novelist. ... This article is in need of attention. ... A street musician with accordion in Bremen A performance comprises an event in which generally one group of people (the performer or performers) behave in a particular way for the benefit of another group of people (the viewer or viewers, or audience). ...

In its original meaning, pornography was literally "writing about prostitutes", from the classical Greek roots πορνη and γραφειν. It derived from a Greek term for men who chronicled the well-known "pornai", or skilled prostitutes of ancient Greece. In more modern times, the term was adopted by social scientists to describe the work of men like Nicholas Restif and William Acton, who in the 18th and 19th centuries published treatises studying prostitution and proposing to regulate it. The term retained this meaning in the Oxford English Dictionary until 1905. Prostitution is the sale of sexual services (typically manual stimulation, oral sex, sexual intercourse, or anal sex) for cash or other kind of return, generally indiscriminately with many persons. ... Ancient Greece is the term used to describe the Greek-speaking world in ancient times. ... (17th century - 18th century - 19th century - more centuries) As a means of recording the passage of time, the 18th century refers to the century that lasted from 1701 through 1800. ... Alternative meaning: Nineteenth Century (periodical) (18th century — 19th century — 20th century — more centuries) As a means of recording the passage of time, the 19th century was that century which lasted from 1801-1900 in the sense of the Gregorian calendar. ... The Oxford English Dictionary (OED) is a comprehensive multi-volume dictionary published by the Oxford University Press (OUP). ... 1905 was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ...

The term then came to mean writing about anything sexual, especially in a base manner, when the creation, presentation, or consumption of the material was for sexual stimulation. The term now refers to sexually related material of all kinds, both written and graphical. The term "pornography" often has negative connotations of low artistic merit, as compared to the more esteemed erotica. Euphemisms such as adult film, adult video and adult bookstore are generally preferred within the industry producing these works (namely the Adult industry). Pornography can also be contrasted with ribaldry, which uses sexual titillation in the service of comedy. Having said that, the definition of pornography is highly subjective, with generally accepted works of art such as Michelangelo's David being considered pornographic by some people. An erotic photo Erotica, from the Greek eros, love, are works of art, including literature, photography, film, sculpture and painting, that deal substantively with erotically stimulating or arousing descriptions. ... A euphemism is an expression intended by the speaker to be less offensive, disturbing, or troubling to the listener than the word or phrase it replaces. ... The sex industry is the industry formed of commercial enterprises which employ sex workers. ... Ribaldry is the third and somewhat neglected genre of sexual entertainments, something different from either pornography or erotica, yet is often confused with them. ... Comedy is the use of humour in the performing arts. ... This page is about the artist. ... Michelangelos David Michelangelos David, finished by Michelangelo Buonarroti in 1504 (started in 1501) is widely considered to be a masterpiece of Renaissance sculpture, and one of Michelangelos two greatest works of sculpture, along with the Pietà. David portrays the Biblical David at the moment that he decides...

A distinction is sometimes made between softcore pornography and hardcore pornography. The former generally refers to materials that feature nudity and sexually suggestive scenes, while hardcore or X-rated pornography contains close-ups of aroused genitalia and sexual activities including penetration. Within the industry itself, informal classification breaks down even further. The distinctions may seem trivial to many people, but the precarious legal definition and differing standards at different outlets cause producers to shoot and edit different cuts of films and to first screen those differing versions for their legal teams. The internal rating decision is primarily made by considering the exposure of an erect penis, inclusion and duration of close-up shots of genitals and penetration, types of penetration, and the presence or lack of an external ejaculation. Nudity or nakedness is the state of wearing no clothing. ... X-rated, X certificate, X classification or similar terms are labels for movies implying strong adult content, typically pornography or violence. ... A sex organ, or primary sexual characteristic, narrowly defined, is any of those parts of the body (which are not always bodily organs according to the strict definition) which are involved in sexual reproduction and constitute the reproductive system in an complex organism; namely: Male: penis (notably the glans penis... Sexual behavior is a form of physical intimacy that may be directed to reproduction (one possible goal of sexual intercourse) and/or to the enjoyment of activity involving sexual gratification. ... Illustration of the human male anatomy. ...

In some jurisdictions the depiction of urination or defecation contributes to the conclusion that a particular image is pornographic (see e.g. Arizona Criminal Code [1] (http://www.azleg.state.az.us/ars/13/03551.htm), 9f, 11, in combination with [2] (http://www.azleg.state.az.us/FormatDocument.asp?inDoc=/ars/13/03553.htm&Title=13&DocType=ARS), A2, and for Utah [3] (http://www.le.state.ut.us/~code/TITLE76/htm/76_06003.htm), 8h). Urination, also called micturition, is the process of disposing urine from the urinary bladder through the urethra to the outside of the body. ... Defecation or feceation (known colloquially as pooping or shitting, or euphemistically as a bowel movement) is the often pleasurable act of eliminating solid or semisolid waste material from the digestive tract. ...

History

An erotic wall painting from Pompei

Pornography has an extensive history. Specific evidence suggests that depictions of sexuality and human progress go hand in hand and that pornographers today remain on the cutting edge. Sexual artwork is among the oldest known to exist; explicit photographs date to the beginning of photography and among the earliest films are works depicting nudity and explicit sex. But does depiction imply intent to arouse? Wikipedia does not have an article with this exact name. ... Wikipedia does not have an article with this exact name. ...

Nude human beings and sexual activities are depicted in some paleolithic art (e.g. Venus Figurines); however, it is not certain that the purpose was sexual arousal, as the images may have had instead a spiritual significance. There are numerous pornographic paintings on the walls of ruined Roman buildings in Pompeii. One notable example is a brothel in which the various sexual services are advertised in murals above each door. In Pompeii you can also see phalli and testicles engraved in the sidewalks, pointing the way to the prostitution and entertainment district, to aid visitors in finding their way (see Erotic art in Pompeii). Archaeologists in Germany reported in April 2005 that they had found what they believe is a 7,200-year-old pornographic scene depicting a male figurine bending over a female figurine in a manner suggestive of sexual intercourse. The male figure has been named Adonis von Zschernitz. [4] (http://www.guardian.co.uk/germany/article/0,2763,1451509,00.html) The Paleolithic or Palaeolithic – lit. ... The Roman Empire is the term conventionally used to describe the Roman polity in the centuries following its reorganization under the leadership of Caesar Augustus. ... The city of Pompeii, along with Herculaneum and many smaller places around the Bay of Naples, were Roman municipalities destroyed during an eruption of the volcano Mount Vesuvius in 79 CE. The eruption was described by Pliny the Younger (see below), whose uncle Pliny the Elder died after travelling across... Prostitution is the sale of sexual services (examples: oral sex, sexual intercourse) for money. ... Ancient Pompeii was full of erotic or pornographic frescoes, symbols, inscriptions, and even household items. ...

Pornographic comic books known as Tijuana bibles began appearing in the U.S. in the 1920s. The cover of a typical Tijuana Bible Tijuana Bibles (also known as eight-pagers) were pornographic comic books produced in the US from the 1920s to the early 1960s. ... Sometimes referred to as the Roaring Twenties or the Jazz Age. ...

The first issue of Playboy.

In the second half of the 20th century, pornography in the United States evolved from the so-called "men's magazines" such as Playboy and Modern Man of the 1950s. These magazines featured nude or semi-nude women, sometimes apparently engaging in the act of masturbation, although their genitals or pubic hair were not actually displayed. By the late 1960s, however, these magazines, which now included Penthouse, began to evolve into more explicit displays, eventually, by the 1990s, featuring sexual penetration, lesbianism and homosexuality, group sex, and fetishes. First issue of Playboy magazine, featuring a black and white photo of Marilyn Monroe (in a dress) promising inside full-color pics of her nude. ... First issue of Playboy magazine, featuring a black and white photo of Marilyn Monroe (in a dress) promising inside full-color pics of her nude. ... Playboy is an adult entertainment magazine, or pornography magazine, founded in 1953 by Hugh Hefner, which has grown into Playboy Enterprises, Inc. ... (19th century - 20th century - 21st century - more centuries) Decades: 1900s 1910s 1920s 1930s 1940s 1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s As a means of recording the passage of time, the 20th century was that century which lasted from 1901–2000 in the sense of the Gregorian calendar (1900–1999 in the... Playboy is an adult entertainment magazine, or pornography magazine, founded in 1953 by Hugh Hefner, which has grown into Playboy Enterprises, Inc. ... Millennia: 1st millennium - 2nd millennium - 3rd millennium Events and trends Technology United States tests the first fusion bomb. ... Masturbation is the manual excitation of the sexual organs, most often to the point of orgasm. ... Events and trends The 1960s was a turbulent decade of change around the world. ... Penthouse is a mens magazine founded by Bob Guccione, combining urban lifestyle articles and soft-core pornographic pictorials, that eventually, in the 1990s evolved into hard-core. ... Events and trends The 1990s are generally classified as having moved slightly away from the more conservative 1980s, but keeping the same mind-set. ... This article is about homosexual women, not inhabitants of the Greek island of Lesbos A lesbian (lowercase L) is a homosexual woman. ... Homosexuality may refer to: A sexual orientation characterized by aesthetic attraction, romantic love, and sexual desire primarily for members of the same sex or gender identity. ... Group sex is sexual behaviour involving more than two people at the same time. ... Sexual fetishism, first described as such by Sigmund Freud though the concept and certainly the activity is quite ancient, is a form of paraphilia where the object of affection is a specific inanimate object or part of a persons body. ...

The first explicitly pornographic film with a plot that received a general theatrical release in the U.S. is generally considered to be Mona (also known as Mona the Virgin Nymph), a 59-minute 1970 feature by Bill Osco and Howard Ziehm, who went on to create the relatively high-budget hardcore/softcore (depending on the release) cult film Flesh Gordon. 1970 was a common year starting on Thursday. ... A cult film is a movie that attracts a small but devoted group of obsessive fans or one that has remained popular over successive years amongst a small group of followers. ...

The 1971 film "The Boys in the Sand" represented a number of pornographic "firsts." It was the first generally-available gay pornographic movie. It was the first porn film to include onscreen credits for its cast and crew. It was the first porn film to parody the title of a mainstream movie (in this case, "The Boys in the Band"). And it is the only X-rated pornographic film to be reviewed by The New York Times. X-rated, X certificate, X classification or similar terms are labels for movies implying strong adult content, typically pornography or violence. ... The New York Times is an internationally known daily newspaper published in New York City and distributed in the United States and many other nations worldwide. ...

Technology and pornography

Pornography has been a driving force behind the adoption of many technologies. Mass-distributed pornography is as old as the printing press. Almost as soon as photography was invented, it was being used to produce pornographic photographs.

The movie camera has also been used for pornography throughout its history, and with the arrival of the home video cassette recorder the pornographic movie industry grew massively, people being able not only to view pornography in the privacy of their own home without having to go out to a theater, but also to make their own pornography. The video cassette recorder (or VCR, less popularly video tape recorder) is a type of video tape recorder that uses removable cassettes containing magnetic tape to record audio and video from a television broadcast so it can be played back later. ...

The fact that the adult industry has such a large consumer base has been used to suggest that it can affect even the development of technology. An oft-cited example is the suggestion that Sony Betamax lost the format war to VHS (in becoming the general home video recording/viewing system) because the adult video industry chose VHS instead of the technically superior Sony system. Sonys Betamax is the 12. ... A format war describes competition between competing, and typically mutually incompatible, media formats, usually very costly to the format-owning parties involved. ... Top view VHS cassette with US Quarter for scale Bottom view of VHS cassette with magnetic tape exposed The Video Home System, better known by its acronym VHS, is a recording and playing standard for video cassette recorders (VCRs), developed by JVC (with some of its critical technology under lucrative...

Pornographic computer games have also existed almost since the start of the industry - some of the earliest were Mystique's Atari 2600 video games, including Custer's Revenge, Beat 'Em And Eat 'Em and Gigolo. The Japanese company Hacker International, which also published games under the name Super PIG, produced several pornographic titles for the Nintendo Famicom - three of these, renamed to Bubble Bath Babes, Hot Slots and Peek-A-Boo Poker, were distributed in the USA by Panesian. However, such games were for a while no longer produced very often for current consoles, largely due to the increased costs and potential legal problems associated with developing a game without the approval of the console manufacturer. With the release of BMX XXX, pornographic video games have again begun to be produced. Leisure Suit Larry and Playboy: The Mansion titles for game consoles feature pornography. However, pornographic games are now released mostly for personal computers, with Japanese pornographic (often called hentai games or merely H games outside of Japan) games of various genres being the largest category. A computer game is a game composed of a computer-controlled virtual universe that players interact with in order to achieve a defined goal or set of goals. ... Atari 2600 (four-switch version). ... Custers Revenge (1982) This screenshot shows just how crude the games graphics were. ... The Nintendo Entertainment System (North America, Europe, and Australia) NES redirects here. ... Panesian was a Hong Kong-based company known for producing three of the rarest video games for the Nintendo Entertainment System (NES). ... BMX XXX is a controversial 2002 video game published by Acclaim Entertainment for the Xbox, GameCube, and PlayStation 2. ... Leisure Suit Larry is the title character of a series of adventure games written by Al Lowe and published by Sierra On-Line from the 1980s to the present. ... An H game is a Japanese video or computer game that features pornographic content, usually in the form of anime-style artwork. ...

Erotic film producers are expected to play a major role in deciding the next DVD standard. Large outfits tend to support the high-capacity Blu-ray Disc, while small outfits generally favor the less-expensive HD-DVD. According to a 2004 Reuters article, "The multi-billion-dollar industry releases about 11,000 titles on DVD each year, giving it tremendous power to sway the battle between two groups of studios and technology companies competing to set standards for the next generation" [5] (http://www.bizreport.com/news/8560/). Blu-ray discs Blu-ray Disc is a next-generation optical disc format meant for high definition video (HD) and high density data storage, and is one of two competing standards for HD optical media. ... HD-DVD (for High-Density Digital Versatile Disc) is a digital optical media format, and is one of the specifications being proposed as the standard for high-definition DVD. HD-DVD is similar to a competing format, the Blu-Ray disc, in that it uses a CD size (120 mm...

Photo manipulation and computer generated pornography

A lot of pornography is digitally manipulated in sophisticated image editors such as Adobe Photoshop. This practice ranges from applying mild changes to photographs to improve the appearance of the models, such as removing skin defects, improving brightness and contrast of the photo, to extensive editing to produce images of non-existent creatures such as catgirls, or celebrities who may not have themselves ever consented to be filmed for pornography. Adobe Photoshop is a bitmap graphics editor (with some text and vector graphics capabilities) developed and published by Adobe Systems. ... Foxgirl: Hana from Ukagaka A catgirl is a woman or girl with cat ears and a cat tail, but an otherwise human body; they are found semi-commonly in anime and manga either as a form of cosplay or actual body parts, as well as in a few video games. ... Nude celebrities on the Internet — images and video clips of famous nude women and men — describes a popular form of nudity or pornography found on the Internet. ...

Digital manipulation requires the use of source photographs, but some pornography is produced without human actors at all. The idea of completely computer generated pornography was conceived very early as one of the most obvious areas of application for computer graphics and 3D rendering. However, until the late 1990s it could not be produced cost-effectively. In early 2000s it became a growing segment, as the modeling and animation software matured and rendering capabilities of computers improved. The strongest advantage of computer generated pornography is the ability to realistically render sexual fantasies that are impossible or illegal to film in reality. As of 2004, computer-generated pornography depicting situations involving children and sex with fictional characters such as Lara Croft is already produced on a limited scale. The October 2004 issue of Playboy featured topless pictures of the title character from the BloodRayne videogame. [6] (http://money.cnn.com/2004/08/25/commentary/game_over/column_gaming/) The seawater creature in The Abyss marked CGIs acceptance in the visual effects industry. ... Events and trends The 1990s are generally classified as having moved slightly away from the more conservative 1980s, but keeping the same mind-set. ... Major controversy over U.S. presidential election, 2000 September 11, 2001 terrorist attack on New Yorks World Trade Center and Virginias Pentagon killing almost 3000 people. ... 2004 is a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The term child pornography (sometimes referred to as kiddie porn) generally refers to pornography featuring a child; however, the precise definition of pornography and child varies by region and country. ... A fictional character is any person who appears in a work of fiction. ... Angelina Jolie as Lara Croft in Tomb Raider. ... October is the tenth month of the year in the Gregorian Calendar and one of seven Gregorian months with the length of 31 days. ... 2004 is a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Playboy is an adult entertainment magazine, or pornography magazine, founded in 1953 by Hugh Hefner, which has grown into Playboy Enterprises, Inc. ... BloodRayne, developed by Terminal Reality, is a franchise of two horror-themed third-person action video games, a movie and a series of self-contained comic books. ...

The Internet

Danni Ashe, adult website owner and the most downloaded woman on the Internet.

With the arrival of the Internet, the availability of pornography increased greatly. Many of the most successful internet entrepreneurs are those who operate pornographic internet sites, and the porn industry is usually credited as being the first to make money off the internet. As well as conventional photographic or video pornography, some sites offer "interactive" video game-like entertainment. Due to the international character of the Internet, it provides an easy means for consumers of pornography that is illegal in their country (or at least illegal without a physical proof of age) to simply acquire such material from sources in another country where it is legal or not prosecuted. See internet pornography. Danni Ashe - the most downloaded woman on the internet and owner of Dannis Hard Drive, a world famous adult website. ... Danni Ashe - the most downloaded woman on the internet and owner of Dannis Hard Drive, a world famous adult website. ... Danni Ashe Danni Ashe (born January 16, 1968 in Beaufort, South Carolina, USA) is an American nude model and former stripper. ... A computer game is a game composed of a computer-controlled virtual universe that players interact with in order to achieve a defined goal or set of goals. ... Internet pornography is pornography that is distributed via the Internet, primarily via websites, peer-to-peer file sharing software, IRC and through Usenet. ...

The almost-zero cost of copying and shipping of digital data boosted the formation of private circles of people swapping pornography. This type of exchange is especially popular for material that is illegal, most notably child pornography and bestiality. With the advent of peer to peer file sharing applications such as Kazaa, pornography swapping has reached new heights. Free pornography became available en masse from other users and is no longer restricted to private groups. Large amounts of free pornography on the Internet is also distributed for marketing purposes to encourage subscriptions to paid content. The term child pornography (sometimes referred to as kiddie porn) generally refers to pornography featuring a child; however, the precise definition of pornography and child varies by region and country. ... This topic contains controversial issues which have been discussed and a consensus reached for approach and neutrality. ... Kazaa Media Desktop (once capitalized as KaZaA, but now usually left as Kazaa) is a peer-to-peer file sharing application using the FastTrack protocol. ...

Since the late 90's, 'porn FROM the masses FOR the masses' seems to become another new trend. Cheap digital cameras, increasingly powerful and userfriendly software, and easy access to pornographic source material have made it possible for individuals to produce and share house-made or house-altered porn for next to no cost. This is most notable in the evolution of 3D rendered porn and the 'enhancement' of existing material (photographs/videos) by blending celebrities into them. Nude celebrities on the Internet — images and video clips of famous nude women and men — describes a popular form of nudity or pornography found on the Internet. ...

On the Internet pornography is often referred to as pr0n which is misspelled p0rn — porn written with zero, a common style in a so called leet speak. One theory on the origins of this spelling is that it was devised to fool spam filters which blocked emails with the word "porn" from coming through to the recipient. However, since leet speak has performed similar mutations on a number of words, including those unlikely to feature in unsolicited commercial e-mails (0wned, r00t, n00b, d00d), it is likely that any transformation of "porn" to "pr0n" for spamming purposes is at best an independent invention. An example of a Leet web browser (Text instead of GUI) in Leet language on a Leet language version of Google For information about leets as part of watermills, see Watermill. ... A mail filter is a piece of software which takes an input of an email message. ... This article is about spam, the abuse of electronic communications media to send unsolicited bulk messages. ...

According to Google, 68 million searches including some variation of the word "porn" occur every day.

Legal status

The legal status of pornography varies widely. Most countries allow at least some form of pornography and softcore pornography is usually tame enough to be sold in general stores and (in some countries) to be shown on TV. Hardcore pornography, on the other hand, is usually regulated. Child pornography is illegal almost everywhere and most countries have restrictions on pornography involving violence or animals. The term child pornography (sometimes referred to as kiddie porn) generally refers to pornography featuring a child; however, the precise definition of pornography and child varies by region and country. ...

Some people, including pornography producer Larry Flynt and the famous writer Salman Rushdie, have argued that pornography is vital to freedom and that a free and civilized society should be judged by its willingness to accept pornography. Larry Claxton Flynt, Jr. ... Salman Rushdie Salman Rushdie (born June 19, 1947, in Bombay, India) is an Indian-born British essayist and author of fiction, most of which is set on the Indian subcontinent. ...

Most countries attempt to restrict minors' access to hardcore materials, so that it is only available in adult bookstores, via mail-order, in some countries over special satellite TV channels, and sometimes in gas stations. There may be an age limit for entrance, or the materials are displayed partly covered, and/or customers can not browse the materials. More generally, disseminating pornography to a minor is often illegal. Many of these efforts have been rendered moot by the wide availability of Internet pornography. A sex shop is a shop that sells products such as sex toys, pornography, erotic lingerie, erotic books, and safer sex products such as condoms and dental dams. ... Disseminating pornography to a minor is the act of showing pornography of any kind to a minor. ... Internet pornography is pornography that is distributed via the Internet, primarily via websites, peer-to-peer file sharing software, IRC and through Usenet. ...

There are recurring urban legends of snuff movies, in which murders are filmed for pornographic purposes. Extensive work by law enforcement officials to ascertain the truth of these rumors have been unable to find any such works. Urban legends are a kind of folklore consisting of stories often thought to be factual by those circulating them. ... A snuff film is a film, sometimes pornographic, that allegedly depicts actual murder, produced for entertainment purposes. ...

• Australia: Regulation of pornography has increased somewhat under the Howard government, but remains reasonably widely available. See censorship in Australia. Pornographic material may be bought and hired in Northern Territory and ACT, and may not contain fetish, violence or demeaning portrayals.
• Austria: It is not allowed to display youth-imperiling material or those which violate human dignity to persons under 18 years of age. As salesman selling such material you have to assure that persons under 18 years of age are excluded. Nudity is not assumed as such material.
• Canada: The only kind of pornography on the Internet that is illegal is child pornography. Laws for older medias are different/obsolete, and vary from province to province, although they don't allow minors (age varies for province, usually 18 or older) to acquire pornographic material, and has resulting in most material being sold in adult stores, despite no actual law controlling the distribution.
• Denmark: In 1966 the ban on written pornography was lifted, and in 1969 Denmark was the first country in the world to legalize (hardcore) picture pornography.
• France: Movies containing extreme violence or graphical pornography are considered X rated, may not be seen by minors and are shown only in specific theaters. Pornographic services incur special taxes on revenue (33% for X rated movies, 50% for pornographic online services). Whether or not some movies should be X rated is controversial; for instance, in 2000, the explicitly violent and sexual movie Baise-moi was initially not considered X rated (only "restricted") by the French government, but this classification was overturned by the Conseil d'État ruling on a lawsuit brought by associations supporting Christian and family values.
• Greece: Pornographic magazines, calendars, and decks of cards are sold openly at roadside kiosks and tourist shops.
• Hong Kong: Illegal if sold or shown to children under 18 of age.
• Ireland: Pornography was illegal until the mid-1990s.
• Japan: Until the mid-1990s no genitals could be shown, but there is no taboo regarding sex and violence and also much less general concern about portraying teenagers as sexual beings (this applies to both out-and-out pornography and works dealing with other themes). Until recently, Japanese law prohibited the depiction of pubic hair in depictions of any forms of nudity, whether it be pornographic or not. For example, Japanese editions of men's magazines such as Playboy had to have any photographs with visible signs of pubic hair airbrushed out. This prohibition may explain some visual characteristics of many manga or anime where pubic hair is absent from nude pictures. Anime, and pornographic photography is available for all people of all ages to buy reside in Game Magazines and other Japanese media.
• Netherlands: The Netherlands has the most liberal rules governing pornography. It is sold openly at normal newsstands and material involving animals is legal.
• Norway: Hard pornography is currently illegal De jure but legal in practice; it is illegal to sell hard pornography but one is allowed to buy it on the Internet or take it abroad. Additionally, it is illegal to show hard pornography on cable TV while satellite TV remains a grey area and graphically demonstrates the legal ambivalence Norway shows towards hard pornography. When it is shown, digital text is used to obscure the screen, but this is easily circumvented by turning off the "Subtitle" function on the channel.
• Russia: Illegal production and distribution of pornography is explicitly prohibited, but because State Duma has repeatedly failed to pass a law regulating sexual materials, these issues remain in a grey area. De jure all pornography is allowed (including child porn), but de facto there are some limitations on where it can be sold and zoophilia and child porn are de facto prohibited. Openly sold erotic magazines usually do not display nipples and pubic area on covers. Most of the pornography is filmed in Saint-Petersburg where a law defines pornography as materials including rape, bestiality, necrophilia or child pornography, making all other subject matters legal erotica.
• Singapore: Pornography is illegal; even soft-core publications such as Playboy are banned.
• Sweden: Material involving animals is de-facto legal but subject to animal-welfare laws. Porn movies can be viewed beginning at age 15, and there are no age restrictions for magazines.
• United Kingdom: Hard core pornography was illegal until 1999, when trade-barrier difficulties with regards to European Community membership ensured the relatively free movement of such goods for personal importation only. Legally, R18-rated videos are only available in licensed sex shops, but hardcore pornographic magazines are available in newsagents in some localities. Purely textual pornography has not been prosecuted since the Inside Linda Lovelace trial of 1976.
• United States: Hard core pornography is legal at the Federal level unless it meets the Miller test of obscenity, which it almost never does. Local prosecution of and tolerance for pornography vary from state to state and city to city. Certain types of material/acts have been self-regulated out of mainstream porn so as to avoid legal problems. Pornographic materials may not be made available to persons under 18 years of age, or 21 in some jurisdictions. Some attempts at restricting pornography on the Internet have been struck down by the courts; see: Internet pornography.

The potential ability to create realistic images using computer graphics or digital manipulation led to some debates on its legality. For instance, the Supreme Court of the United States struck down in 2002 the Child Pornography Prevention Act of 1996 that prohibited, among other things, simulated child pornography. The court ruled that it violated the First Amendment to ban material depicting fictional illegal conduct when no such conduct had been involved in production. However, in the UK, the Criminal Justice and Public Order Act 1994 reached entirely the opposite conclusion, that if an image creates a convincing enough impression that it sexually depicts a child, it becomes an indecent pseudo-photograph of a child and is equally prosecutable under the law as an actual photograph. 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The Internet has also caused problems with the enforcement of age limits regarding performers. In most countries, women and men under the age of 18 are not allowed to appear in porn films, but in several European countries the age limit is 16, and in the UK it is legal for women as young as 16 to appear topless in mainstream newspapers and magazines. This material often ends up on the Internet and viewed by people in countries where this constitutes child pornography, creating challenges for lawmakers wishing to restrict access to such material.

Anti-pornography movement

Main article: Anti-pornography movement Criticisms of pornography come from two directions: conservative and religious forces, and feminism. ...

Criticisms of pornography come from two directions: conservative and religious forces, and feminism. Religious conservatives decry pornography because they see it as immoral; sex is reserved for married couples, and pornography is thought to lead to an overall increase in what they consider to be immoral behavior in society. Lust caused or directed through pornography may be interpreted as an indication of dissatisfaction with a spouse and is demurred by many religious teachings (Christianity, Islam). Feminist critics generally criticize pornography as degrading to its subjects, and an example of a male-centered objectification of women. Feminism is a body of social theory and a political movement primarily based on, and motivated by, the experiences of women. ... Religion, sometimes used interchangeably with faith, is commonly defined as belief concerning the supernatural, sacred, or divine, and the practices and institutions associated with such belief. ... Conservatism or political conservatism is any of several historically related political philosophies or political ideologies. ... The word lust means sexual desire (this meaning is sometimes metaphorically extended to other forms of desire, e. ... Christianity is an Abrahamic religion based on the life, teachings, death by crucifixion, and resurrection of Jesus of Nazareth as described in the New Testament. ... Islam (Arabic al-islām الإسلام,  listen) the submission to God is a monotheistic faith and the worlds second-largest religion. ... Feminism is a social theory and political movement primarily informed and motivated by the experience of women. ... Objectification refers to the way in which one person treats another person as an object and not as a human being. ...

Critics from both groups have sometimes expressed belief in the existence of "pornography addiction". While almost any human behavior can be taken to the level of an addiction, many charge that the concept of "pornography addiction" is frequently raised not because it is scientifically sound but because it creates links between pornography and deviant behavior in the public mind. The term pornography addiction is used primarily by anti-pornography campaigners to refer to obsessive viewing of pornography without regard to negative consequences. ... Addiction is an uncontrollable compulsion to repeat a behavior regardless of its consequences. ...

Pornography and sex crimes

It has long been theorized that there may be a link between pornography, particularly violent pornography, and an increase in sex crime. This theory has relatively little empirical support and indeed Japan, which is noted for violent pornography, has the lowest reported sex crime rate in the industrialized world, which has led some researchers to speculate that an opposite relationship may in fact exist; that wide availability of pornography may reduce crimes by giving potential offenders a socially accepted way of regulating their own sexuality. Conversely, some argue that reported sex crime rates are low in Japan because the culture is such that victims of sex crime are less likely to report it (e.g. chikan [7] (http://www.belsona-strategic.com/hisandhers_subway.htm)). In Japan, unwanted sexual touching that occurs in a public place (frequently on the mass transit train system). ...

Japanese study

Milton Diamond and Ayako Uchiyama write in "Pornography, Rape and Sex Crimes in Japan" (International Journal of Law and Psychiatry 22(1): 1-22. 1999) [8] (http://www.hawaii.edu/PCSS/online_artcls/pornography/prngrphy_rape_jp.html): Milton Diamond, Ph. ...

Our findings regarding sex crimes, murder and assault are in keeping with what is also known about general crime rates in Japan regarding burglary, theft and such. Japan has the lowest number of reported rape cases and the highest percentage of arrests and convictions in reported cases of any developed nation. Indeed Japan is known as one of the safest developed countries for women in the world (Clifford, 1980). (...)

Despite the absence of evidence, the myth persists that an abundance of sexual explicit material invariably leads to an abundance of sexual activity and eventually rape (e.g., Liebert, Neale, & Davison, 1973). Indeed, the data we report and review suggest the opposite. Christensen (1990) argues that to prove that available pornography leads to sex crimes one must at least find a positive temporal correlation between the two. The absence of any positive correlation in our findings, and from results elsewhere, between an increase in available pornography and the incidence of rape or other sex crime, is prima facie evidence that no link exists. But objectivity requires that an additional question be asked: "Does pornography use and availability prevent or reduce sex crime?" Both questions lead to hypotheses that have, over prolonged periods, been tested in Denmark, Sweden, West Germany and now in Japan. Indeed it appears from our data from Japan, as it was evident to Kutchinsky (1994), from research in Europe and Scandinavia, that a large increase in available sexually explicit materials, over many years, has not been correlated with an increase in rape or other sexual crimes. Instead, in Japan a marked decrease in sexual crimes has occurred.

That hypothesis is challenged by a recent increase in sex crimes in Japan which, however, parallels an increase in all crimes. Also, there have been substantial movements to support victims of rape through laws and public educations. Nevertheless, some in Japan have blamed the increase on violent pornography and indeed, some sex offenders report having been inspired by themes in commonly available pornography. The counter argument is, of course, that some sex offenders will likely use any defense they can to lower their culpability. Prima facie is a Latin expression meaning at first sight, used in Common law regions to denote a case that is strong enough to justify further discovery and possibly a full trial. ...

Pornographic conventions

Pornographic work contains a number of conventions. Although pornography targeted at heterosexual males often includes interaction between females, interaction between males is taboo. In hardcore materials, a male generally ejaculates outside his partner's body, in full view: the so-called "money shot". Penises are almost always shown fully erect. The choice of position is naturally geared to giving the viewer the fullest view of the woman, making the reverse cowgirl position, and the man holding the woman in a "dog-and-lamp-post" position among the most popular. Fellatio scenes usually involve the woman looking into the camera or at the man, for similar reasons. Especially in American or Japanese porn, women tend to be unrealistically vocal and loud during hardcore scenes. A cum shot, or money shot, is the record (on film or video) of a man ejaculating onto a person or object. ... In the reverse Amazon or reverse cowgirl sex position, the man lies on his back the woman sits on top of him facing away from him, with his legs between her legs, and with her groin aligned over his to facilitate penetration. ... Oral sex consists of all those sexual activities that involve the use of the mouth, tongue, etc. ...

In the "cheaper" magazines the copy accompanying the text is often derogatory to the female subjects: references to sluts, slags and whores abound. Copy (written) refers to written material,in contrast to photographs or other elements of layout, in a large number of contexts, including magazines and advertising. ...

Pornography by region

Main article: Pornography by region The production and distribution of pornography are economic activities of some importance. ...

The production and distribution of pornography are economic activities of some importance. The exact size of the economy of pornography and the influence that it plays in political circles are matters of controversy. This page deals with mathematical distributions. ...

Sub-genres of pornography

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There are a few main genres of pornography.

In general, softcore refers to pornography that does not depict penetration or extreme fetish acts, and hardcore refers to pornography that depicts penetration and/or extreme fetish acts. Pornography (from Greek πορνογραφια pornographia — literally writing about or drawings of harlots) is the representation of the human body or human sexual behaviour with the goal of sexual arousal, similar to, but (according to some) distinct from, erotica. ... Hardcore is a generic term, used to describe something more extreme than mainstream versions. ...

The main genres of pornography sold are:

• Age-oriented pornography, (e.g. child pornography)
• Amateur pornography
• Anal pornography
• Bisexual pornography: In terms of pornography, "bisexual" refers to men who have sex with men and women. Bisexual women are considered a typical part of mainstream heterosexual pornography.
• Bestiality pornography
• Bondage pornography
• Fetish pornography
• Furry pornography
• Gay pornography
• Gang-bang pornography
• Gonzo pornography
• Lesbian pornography
• Necro pornography
• Orgy pornography
• Race-oriented pornography, (e.g. asian, black, latino, interracial)
• Rape-themed pornography
• "Shemale" pornography
• Spanking pornography
• Squirting pornography
• Softcore pornography
• Textual pornography, (e.g. ASCII porn)
• Voyeur pornography, (e.g. hidden camera pornography, "upskirt" pornography)

Child pornography, which features children under the legal age to appear in pornography is illegal in almost all places. The depiction of bestiality is also illegal in many places. Age -oriented pornography is porn including either the extreme of teens or older people depending on the preference. ... The term child pornography (sometimes referred to as kiddie porn) generally refers to pornography featuring a child; however, the precise definition of pornography and child varies by region and country. ... Amateur pornography is a category of pornography that includes pornography created by and starring amateurs, commercial pornography produced by professional but starring amateur actors, and professionally produced pornography using professional porn stars that is designed to simulate truly amateur pornography. ... Anal Pornography Anal Pornography is sex, but insted using the butt ... Bisexuality is a sexual orientation characterized by esthetic attraction, romantic love and sexual desire for both males and females. ... This topic contains controversial issues which have been discussed and a consensus reached for approach and neutrality. ... Bondage pornography specializes in the depiction of sexual bondage or BDSM activities, as photographs, stories, movies, or drawings. ... A fetish (from French fétiche, from Portuguese feitiço, from Latin facticius) is a natural object believed to have supernatural powers, or in particular a thing created by people that has power over people. ... Shanda the Panda #12, an example of a Furry Comic Furry fandom is a subculture of the science fiction and fantasy fandoms. ... Wikipedia does not have an article with this exact name. ... A gang bang is a situation in which one individual, either a man or a woman, has sexual intercourse with multiple men simultaneously. ... For the Muppet, see Gonzo (muppet). ... Typical lesbian pornography, features lesbian, bisexual, and/or heterosexual (so-called gay-for-pay) actresses, and is typically aimed at male consumers, which is why it is usually grouped with straight porn. ... Look up Necrophilia in Wiktionary, the free dictionary Necrophilia according to the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, is a paraphilia characterized by a sexual attraction to corpses. ... Orgy has several meanings, including a drunken revelry, a religious rite involving ecstatic dancing, an unrestrained indulgence (for example, an orgy of destruction), or group sexual activity. ... Rape is a crime wherein the victim is forced into sexual activity against his or her will, in particular sexual penetration. ... The term shemale refers to transwomen (male-to-female transgender persons) that have female breasts, through hormone replacement therapy or through breast augmentation and usually other female secondary sex characteristics, but who have not undergone genital reassignment surgery. ... Erotic spanking often goes hand in hand with other fetishes, such as for erotic clothes or sexual humiliation. ... Female ejaculation refers to the expulsion of noticeable amounts of fluid from the urethra by women during orgasm. ... Pornography (from Greek πορνογραφια pornographia — literally writing about or drawings of harlots) is the representation of the human body or human sexual behaviour with the goal of sexual arousal, similar to, but (according to some) distinct from, erotica. ... Voyeurism is a practice in which an individual derives sexual pleasure from observing other people. ... The term child pornography (sometimes referred to as kiddie porn) generally refers to pornography featuring a child; however, the precise definition of pornography and child varies by region and country. ... This topic contains controversial issues which have been discussed and a consensus reached for approach and neutrality. ...

Media

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See also

• Pornographic movie
• Attorney General's Commission on Pornography
• Danni Ashe - The most downloaded woman on the internet
• Erotic art
• Glamour photography
• List of porn stars
• List of pornography industry personalities
• Pictophilia
• Pornographic actor
• Sex in advertising
• Sex worker
• Slash fiction

Pornographic movies appeared shortly after the creation of the movie technology that made them possible. ... The final report of the Attorney Generals Commission on Pornography (sometimes called The Meese Report for Attorney General Edwin Meese) is the result of a comprehensive investigation into pornography ordered by President Ronald Reagan. ... Danni Ashe Danni Ashe (born January 16, 1968 in Beaufort, South Carolina, USA) is an American nude model and former stripper. ... By todays standards Fragonards The Swing is rather tame, but in the 18th century this painting of a courtiers mistress being in a position where another man can look up her skirts was considered highly erotic. ... Glamour photography is the photographing of a model (usually female) nude or semi-nude, in a way that is intended to be erotic. ... This is a list of erotic actors and actresses. ... This is a list of notable personalities in the pornography industry. ... Pictophilia is the unusually intense desire to see pictoral pornography, or the inability to get sexually aroused without the use of pictoral pornography. ... A pornographic actor or a porn star is somebody who appears in pornographic movies, live sex shows or peep shows. ... Images of pretty women often appear in ads even when they have no connection to the product being sold. ... A sex worker is anyone who earns their living by providing sexual services. ... Slash fiction is fan fiction, describing gay pairings between media characters, often in explicit detail, and very frequently outside the canon of the source. ...

Magazines

• List of men's magazines
• Gay pornographic magazines
• Blueboy (early California-based magazine with pictures of guys; singer Cyndi Lauper mentions it in her song She-Bop)
• Freshmen (along with Men and Unzipped, a series of 3 gay-themed publications)
• Hustler (originally only in US, nowadays has editions in many countries)
• Le Ore (Italy), once an ordinary newspaper, in the 1970s had a notable turn in editorial line and represents now the most important title of a wide network of sex related magazines in central Europe.
• Penthouse
• Playboy (originally only in US, nowadays has editions in many countries)
• Playgirl
• Private (Established in Stockholm, Sweden in 1965 as the world's first full color hardcore sex magazine)

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Publishers

• Black Lace
• Blue Moon
• Chimera Press
• Nexus Books
• Silver Moon

Black Lace are one of the most famous publishers of pornography written by female authors for female readers. ... Nexus Books is a British imprint of Virgin Books,publishing sado-masochistic pornography written mostly for male readers. ...

Studios

• Bel Ami
• Color Climax Corporation (Denmark)
• Falcon Studios
• Femme Films
• Jean-Daniel Cadinot
• Kristen Bjorn
• Titan Media
• Vivid Entertainment
• VCA Pictures
• Evil Angel
• Txd Entertainment
• Sin City
• Platinum X
• Red Light District
• JM Productions
• Anabolic Productions
• Elegant Angel
• Sean Michaels Productions
• Seventeen/Chick (Netherlands)
• Videorama (Germany)

Bel Ami Productions is an Eastern Europe-based pornography film company. ... Falcon Studios has been a leading producer of gay pornographic films since the 1970s. ... Femme Films is a production company which produces pornographic films aimed at an audience of women and couples. ... Jean-Daniel Cadinot (born February 10, 1944) is a French director and producer of gay pornographic films. ... Vivid Entertainment Group is one of the worlds top adult film producers with a popular catalog of video and DVD titles. ... Evil Angel is a production company for pornographic films owned by John Stagliano. ... Sin City may refer to: Sin City, a nickname for the Las Vegas area of the state of Nevada in the United States. ... A red-light district is a neighborhood where prostitution is a common part of everyday life. ...

Erotic authors

• Marquis de Sade
• Leopold von Sacher-Masoch
• Anais Nin
• Henry Miller

See also the main list at List of erotic authors Portrait of the Marquis de Sade by Charles-Amédée-Philippe van Loo (c. ... Book cover for Venus in Furs Leopold Ritter von Sacher-Masoch (January 27, 1836 - March 9, 1895), writer and journalist, was born in Lemberg, Austria-Hungary (now Lviv, Ukraine). ... Ana s Nin (February 21, 1903 - January 14, 1977) was a French author who became famous for her self-published diaries, which span a period of forty years, beginning when she was twelve years old. ... Henry Miller (December 26, 1891 – June 7, 1980, New York City), was an American novelist, whose novel Tropic of Cancer led to a series of controversial obscenity trials in the United States —testing the pornography laws of the time. ... This is a list of notable authors of erotic literature. ...

External links and sources

• "Archaeologist finds 'oldest porn statue'" (http://www.guardian.co.uk/germany/article/0,2763,1451509,00.html) by Krysia Diver, The Guardian, April 4, 2005
• Attorney General's Commission on Pornography Final Report. (http://www.porn-report.com/) July 1986 U.S. Department of Justice, Washington D.C. 20530.
• Adult Video News (http://www.avn.com/), a magazine and website devoted to the US pornographic movie industry.
• Adult Video News Online (http://www.avnonline.com/), a magazine and website devoted to the US pornographic industry online.
• Beck, Marianna Ph.D., "The Roots of Western Pornography (http://www.libidomag.com/nakedbrunch/europorn01.html)", part 2 (http://www.libidomag.com/nakedbrunch/europorn02.html), history of pornography in the West.
• Berkowitz, Ben: Porn Business Driving DVD Technology (http://www.bizreport.com/news/8560/), Reuters, 2004.
• Diamond, M. and Uchiyama, A: Pornography, Rape and Sex Crimes in Japan (http://www.hawaii.edu/PCSS/online_artcls/pornography/prngrphy_rape_jp.html), International Journal of Law and Psychiatry 22(1): 1-22 (1999). Reports that a significant increase in the availability of pornography in Japan was accompanied by a decrease in sex crimes, in accordance with similar findings in other countries.
• Kutchinsky, Berl, Professor of Criminology: The first law that legalized pornography (http://www.fanny-hill.net/html/o1a_danish_pornography_laws.htm)
• Morality in Media paper (http://www.obscenitycrimes.org/news/Porn-Crime-Link-RWP.cfm) with a number of sources that purports to show that there is a link between violent crime and pornography.
• SugarBank (http://www.sugarbank.com/), a blog concerning the adult industry from an insiders perspective.
• Porn Star Searcher (http://www.pornstarsearcher.com/), a site dedicated to cataloging information regarding adult film stars and the movies they appear in.