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Introduction

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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...)

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. Human enchantment with sexual imagery representations has been a constant throughout history. However, the reception of such imagery varied according to the 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 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...)

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Selected article

Samson attending the AVN Awards Show at the Palms Casino Resort, Las Vegas, Nevada, January 2010

Savanna Samson (born October 14, 1967) is the stage name of Natalie Oliveros, an American former pornographic actress. The winner of several AVN Awards, she has spent most of her career as a contract performer with major producer Vivid Entertainment, and is known for her roles in acclaimed adult films such as The New Devil in Miss Jones. In addition to performing, she has her own adult film studio, Savanna Samson Productions. A native of upstate New York, she entered the adult film industry in 2000, after working as a dancer at the Manhattan strip club, Scores.

Samson has gained mainstream recognition with appearances on television shows such as Saturday Night Live, The Daily Show and 30 Rock. Her wide range of activities outside pornography include working as a sex-advice columnist, a radio presenter and a political correspondent. She also produces her own line of wines, has a recording contract with E1 Music and is a trained ballerina. (Full article...)

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Selected work of erotic literature

First edition cover

Lolita is a 1955 novel written by Russian-American novelist Vladimir Nabokov that addresses the controversial subject of hebephilia. The protagonist is a French literature professor who moves to New England and writes under the pseudonym Humbert Humbert. He details his obsession and victimization of a 12-year-old girl, Dolores Haze, whom he describes as a "nymphet". Humbert kidnaps and sexually abuses Dolores after becoming her stepfather. Privately, he calls her "Lolita", the Spanish diminutive for Dolores. The novel was written in English, but fear of censorship in the U.S. (where Nabokov lived) and Britain led to it being first published in Paris, France, in 1955 by Olympia Press.

The book has received critical acclaim regardless of the controversy it caused with the public. It has been included in many lists of best books, such as Time's List of the 100 Best Novels, Le Monde's 100 Books of the Century, Bokklubben World Library, Modern Library's 100 Best Novels, and The Big Read. The novel has been twice adapted into film: first in 1962 by Stanley Kubrick, and later in 1997 by Adrian Lyne. It has also been adapted several times for the stage. (Full article...)

List of selected works
The Autobiography of a Flea Fifty Shades of Grey Story of the Eye Story of O Fanny Hill Jin Ping Mei Ada or Ardor: A Family Chronicle Lady Chatterley's Lover The Songs of Bilitis The 120 Days of Sodom Kama Sutra Tropic of Cancer (novel) Josephine Mutzenbacher Tijuana bible Emmanuelle (novel) Sex (book)

Slideshow of selected contemporary images

Image 1Katsuni - French pornographic actress.
Image 2Audrey Hollander - American porn star
Image 3American pornographic actor Ron Jeremy. One of top Porn Stars of All Time.
Image 4Swedish/Tanzanian Playmate of the Year Ida Ljungqvist
Image 5Playmate of the Year and People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals spokesperson Pamela Anderson, signing DVDs at the USS Halsey
Image 6Pornographic actor and director Miles Long (submitted by self)
Image 7Lupe Fuentes
Image 8Erotic actress and public health advocate Sharon Mitchell.
Image 9Pornographic film set. Pictured from left to right: Cali Chase, Mikey Butders, and a photographer identified as "Nicole."
Image 10Karen McDougal
Image 11Tila Tequila
Image 12Rocco Siffredi
Image 13A 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 14Xaviera Hollander, author and former Sex worker
Image 15Dana DeArmond
Image 16Rebeca Linares at AVN Adult Entertainment Expo 2009
Image 17Example of Erotic photography
Image 18Michele_Merkin - Glamour photography
Image 19Sculpture of Marilyn Monroe in Haugesund harbour, Norway
Image 20Playmate of the Year Sara Jean Underwood
Image 21Silvia Saint, wearing a Bomis tee-shirt (a site previously run by Jimmy Wales, the founder of Wikipedia).
Image 22Lisa Ann
Image 23Louise Glover
Image 24Jenna Jameson
Image 25Penthouse Pet Dani Daniels, wearing Penthouse key necklace
Image 26Pornographic actress and cosplayer Tanya Tate as She-Ra
Image 27The COLT Studio Group, San Francisco
Image 28Hentai style of art, originally from Japan
Image 29Pierre Woodman filming in Australia
Image 30Hugh Hefner with Karissa Shannon, Dasha Astafieva, and Kristina Shannon
Image 31Valentina Nappi at the AVN Awards Show, Las Vegas, Nevada on 21 January 2017
Image 32Hentai Manga, Japan
Image 33Pornographic DVDs, Japan, "Kawaii" section
Image 34Bondage 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 35Dean Flynn and Chi Chi LaRue
Image 36Cindy Margolis

Image 36Cindy Margolis
Image 37Playboy Playmate Alison Waite
Image 38Carmen Luvana, Adult Entertainment Expo 2008
Image 39Raylene
Image 40Figure 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
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Image 42Daisy Marie posing with a fan at the AVN Adult Entertainment Expo 2008
Image 43Joanna Jet - transsexual pornographic actress and director
Image 44Playmate of the Year Claire Sinclair
Image 45Transsexual pornographic actress Erica Andrews
Image 46Sean Michaels - pornographic actor.
Image 47Michael Lucas, Nonie, Rafael Alencar, David Shankbone, and Ernesta Alamirano in Fire Island Pines
Image 48Playmate of the_Year Corinna Harney
Image 49Shy Love at AVN Adult Entertainment Expo 2012
Image 50Jessie Andrews

Slideshow of selected historical images

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

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... that women were 33 percent more likely than men to search for clown pornography on Pornhub in 2016?
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... that the 1980s were the "age of hole-discovery" in yaoi erotica?
... 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 Lewes Road in Brighton has a gyratory named after a pornographic cinema?