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Erotic Kama statues at the Khajuraho Temple, India

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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 them to be separate. 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 and bondage erotica.

Curiosa are curiosities or rarities, especially unusual or erotic books. In the antiquarian book trade, pornographic works are often listed under "curiosa", "erotica" or "facetiae". (Full article...)

Pornography (colloquially called porn, porno, and XXX, pronounced "triple X") is sexually suggestive material, such as a picture, video, text, or audio, intended for sexual arousal. Made for consumption by adults, pornographic depictions have evolved from cave paintings, some forty millennia ago, to modern-day 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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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 other than regarding controlled-substance enforcement. By relying exclusively on whether the defendant had a predisposition to commit the crime, the court seemed to have finally resolved a lingering issue in its previous decisions on the subject.

The decision was considered 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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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; however, 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...)

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Slideshow of selected contemporary images

Image 1Pornographic actor and director Miles Long (submitted by self)
Image 2Figure 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 3Katsuni - French pornographic actress.
Image 4Pornographic film set. Pictured from left to right: Cali Chase, Mikey Butders, and a photographer identified as "Nicole."
Image 5Sylvia Kristel one of the protagonists of French Softcore porn Emmanuelle.
Image 6Karenjit Kaur Vohra known by her stage nameSunny Leone, is a Canadian-born Indian-American actress and model, currently active in Indian film industry. She is a former pornstar. In 2016 she was chosen as one of 100 Women (BBC).
Image 7Rocco Siffredi
Image 8Evil Angel performers
Image 9Sinnamon Love
Image 10The COLT Studio Group, San Francisco
Image 11Shy Love at AVN Adult Entertainment Expo 2012
Image 12Pierre Woodman filming in Australia
Image 13British pornographic actor, director and producer Keiran Lee attending the XBIZ Award ceremony in 2016.
Image 14A 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 15Francois Sagat, Folsom Street Fair
Image 16Hentai style of art, originally from Japan
Image 17Sculpture by Kanayi Kunhiraman
Image 18Carmen Luvana, Adult Entertainment Expo 2008
Image 19Jenna Jameson
Image 20John Stagliano
Image 21Lord Longford, British politician and Anti-pornography campaigner
Image 22Playmate of the_Year Corinna Harney
Image 23Valentina Nappi at the AVN Awards Show, Las Vegas, Nevada on 21 January 2017
Image 24Asa Akira
Image 25Raylene
Image 26Carol Queen
Image 27Transsexual pornographic actress Erica Andrews
Image 28Playmate of the Year Sara Jean Underwood
Image 29Karen McDougal
Image 30Louise Glover
Image 31Sean Michaels - pornographic actor.
Image 32"Shiro Post", box for disposing of violent or sexual literature, Japan
Image 33Pornographic actress and cosplayer Tanya Tate as She-Ra
Image 34Hentai Manga, Japan
Image 35Avedon Carol, United States Feminist; anti-Censorship and Civil liberties campaigner; and a researcher in the field of Sex crime, residing in England
Image 36Michael Lucas, Nonie, Rafael Alencar, David Shankbone, and Ernesta Alamirano in Fire Island Pines
Image 37Hugh Hefner with Karissa Shannon, Dasha Astafieva, and Kristina Shannon
Image 38Pornographic DVDs, Japan, "Kawaii" section
Image 39Tila Tequila
Image 40Cindy Margolis
Image 41Jade-Blue Eclipse
Image 41Jade-Blue Eclipse
Image 42Audrey Hollander - American porn star
Image 43Sasha Grey attending the AVN Awards Show at the Palms Casino Resort, Las Vegas, Nevada on January 9, 2010
Image 44Xaviera Hollander, author and former Sex worker
Image 45Annie Sprinkle as a Sacred prostitute
Image 46Lisa Ann
Image 47Randy Spears
Image 48Scene from Second Life computer game
Image 49Dana DeArmond
Image 50Jessie Andrews
Image 51Joey Silvera, Peter North, andJohn Leslie at AVN Adult Entertainment Expo 2008
Image 52Silvia Saint, wearing a Bomis tee-shirt (a site previously run by Jimmy Wales, the founder of Wikipedia).
Image 53Playmate of the Year and People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals spokesperson Pamela Anderson, signing DVDs at the USS Halsey
Image 54Erotic actress and public health advocate Sharon Mitchell.
Image 55Bondage 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 56Rebeca Linares at AVN Adult Entertainment Expo 2009
Image 57Yaoi (/ˈjaʊi/; Japanese: やおい, Japanese: [ja.o.i]), primarily known as boys' love (BL) (ボーイズラブ bōizu rabu) in Japan, is a Japanese genre of fictional media focusing on romantic or sexual relationships between male characters, typically marketed for a female audience and usually created by female authors.
Image 58Joanna Jet - transsexual pornographic actress and director
Image 59Stormy Daniels attending the AVN Adult Entertainment Expo at the Sands Convention Center, Las Vegas, Nevada on January 8, 2010.
Image 60SuicideGirls model "Tiffini"
Image 61Typical pixelated Japanese-style hentai image (uncensored version
Image 62Penthouse Pet Dani Daniels, wearing Penthouse key necklace
Image 63Playmate of the Year Claire Sinclair
Image 64Performers at Eros PyramideStrip club, 2009
Image 65James Deen
Image 66Playboy Playmate Alison Waite
Image 67Lupe Fuentes
Image 68Savanna Samson
Image 69Dean Flynn and Chi Chi LaRue
Image 70Daisy Marie posing with a fan at the AVN Adult Entertainment Expo 2008
Image 71Swedish/Tanzanian Playmate of the Year Ida Ljungqvist
Image 72PhotographerSuze Randall
Image 73American pornographic actor Ron Jeremy. One of top Porn Stars of All Time.
Image 74Gail Dines American Feminist, Anti-pornography activist, author, professor, and lecturer
Image 75Bruna Ferraz
Image 76Nude photography is the creation of any photograph which contains an image of a nude or semi-nude person, or an image suggestive of nudity. Nude photography is undertaken for a variety of purposes, including educational uses, commercial applications and artistic creations. The exhibition or publication of nude photographs may be controversial, more so in some cultures or countries than in others, and especially if the subject is a minor.
Image 77Example of Erotic photography
Image 78Michele_Merkin - Glamour photography

Slideshow of selected historical images

Image 1Katsushika Hokusai, "The Adonis Plant (Fukujusô)" Woodblock, ca. 1815, Japan Shunga
Image 2artwork by Gerda Wegener
Image 3Lasse Braun and Brigitte Maier, 1976
Image 415-year old girl from Vienna. Photo from the book Der Körper des Kindes und seine Pflege by Carl Heinrich Stratz (1909)
Image 5French postcard, 1880s
Image 6Sketch by Gustav Klimt
Image 7Artwork by Martin van Maële
Image 8The Venus of Willendorf prehistoric sculpture
Image 9Courtesan and putative spy Mata Hari
Image 10Egon Schiele - Kneeling Girl, Resting on Both Elbows
Image 11Erotic art, 18th century India
Image 12Classical Greek Bas Relief showing "Cowgirl" position
Image 13Artwork by Johann Heinrich Füssli
Image 14Lakshmana Temple, Khajuraho, India, taken by User:Ggia
Image 15Photograph by Wilhelm von Gloeden
Image 16Illustration from Balkangreuel by Gottfried Sieben
Image 17Erotic detail from the Vishwanath temple at the Khajuraho Group of Monuments
Image 18Vintage nude erotic picture (c. 1855) from the Uwe Scheid Collection
Image 19Erotic engraving supposedly after Agostino Carracci (1557–1602)
Image 20Hokusai, Untamed Lion, From the series Picture Book Patterns of Couples (Ehon tsui no hinagata), c. 1812
Image 21Female Bathers No. 4, 1886
Image 22Jupiter and Olympias
Image 23Illustration from Juliette by the Marquis de Sade.
Image 24Sculpture, Egypt, ca 300 BCE
Image 25Illustration of a toilet
Image 26Gustav Klimt, Fishblood, 1898.
Image 27Vixen! 1968 movie poster
Image 28Illustration from La Grande Danse macabre des vifs, Martin van Maële (1905)
Image 29Iconic pinup of Betty Grable, during World War II
Image 30Deadly Weapons 1974 sexploitation movie poster featuring Chesty Morgan
Image 31Drawing of a Roman fresco by César Famin
Image 32Nineteenth century nude photograph.
Image 33Photograph by Félix-Jacques Moulin, between 1851 and 1855
Image 34Promises! Promises! poster, featuring Jayne Mansfield
Image 35Unidentified nude, 1920s
Image 36Warren Cup detail
Image 37Drawing by Anton Peschka, 1925
Image 38A rape scene by Utagawa Kuniyoshi (ca.1797-1861).
Image 39Illustration from Le livre de la Marquise by Konstantin Somov
Image 40French postcard
Image 41Kama Sutra illustration (19th century?)
Image 42Two 16 year old mulatto from Cairo, from anthropometry text, 1904
Image 43Artwork by William Adolphe Bouguereau
Image 44Artwork by Egon Schiele
Image 45Kama Sutra Position.
Image 46Sleep, by Gustave Courbet, 1866
Image 47Miniature from 15th century Persian book
Image 48Nymphs and Satyr, by William Adolphe Bouguereau
Image 49Erotic art from China, for The Carnal Prayer Mat
Image 50Bettie Page magazine layout
Image 51Photograph by Wilhelm von Plüschow
Image 52L'Origine du monde (The Origin of the World), 1866 painting by Gustave Courbet, at museum. Better image at Image:Origin-of-the-World.jpg
Image 53Photograph by Charles Gilhousen
Image 54Prehistoric art
Image 55Peep show at carnival
Image 56Pool in a Harem, Jean-Léon Gérôme, ca. 1876. Example of Orientalist eroticism
Image 57Folke Sundquist (l) and Ulla Jacobsson (r) in Hon dansade en sommar (1951)
Image 58Nights of Horror, panel by Joe Shuster (public domain)
Image 59Artwork by Franz von Bayros
Image 60Cunnilingus portrayed at Pompeii - Source: John R. Clarke: Ars Erotica. Darmstadt: Primus 2009
Image 61OZ Magazine number 28
Image 62Roman oil lamp portraying intercourse
Image 63Two nudes standing. ca.1850. Daguerreotype. 14.6 × 14.11 cm (5.7 × 5.6 in). The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
Image 64Artwork by Achille Devéria, 1840
Image 65étude pour Le Manteau légendaire (English: Study For Le Manteau Legendaire), Léon Comerre
Image 66A Mercury Priapus figure from Pompeii, ancient Rome
Image 67Kama Sutra illustration (19th century?)
Image 68Photograph by Wilhelm von Gloeden
Image 69Gabrielle d'Estrées et une de ses sœurs, ca 1594
Image 70Vertumnus and Pomona by François Boucher (1740)
Image 71Erotic art from China
Image 72Satirical cartoon by James Gillray
Image 73Photograph by Wilhelm von Gloeden
Image 74Hans Sebald Beham: Die Nacht, engraving, 1548
Image 75Storyville, New Orleans, portrait by E. J. Bellocq, circa 1912
Image 76The Garden of Aphrodite, Franz von Bayros
Image 77The Dream of the Fisherman's Wife, an erotic woodcut made circa 1820 by Hokusai.
Image 7819th century photograph
Image 79Erotic art, India, 18th century
Image 80Silver gelatin print by Charles Gilhousen (1915)
Image 81Cunnilingus, Orientalist art referencing the Ottoman era
Image 82Shunga, Japan
Image 83Teaserama 1955 movie poster, featuring Tempest Storm and Betty Page
Image 84Erotic scene. Rim of an Attic red-figure kylix, c. 510 BC., ancient Greece
Image 85Artwork for Lysistrata by Aubrey Beardsley
Image 86Hokusai, Untitled (Plate No. 4) From the series Picture Book Patterns of Couples (Ehon tsui no hinagata), c. 1812
Image 87Striporama 1953 movie poster featuring Lili St. Cyr
Image 88Sainte-Thérèse, Félicien Rops
Image 89Virginia Biddle, 1927, by Alfred Cheney Johnston
Image 90Drawing by Roger de La Fresnaye
Image 91Oz magazine issue 31
Image 92Artwork by Peter Fendi
Image 93Photograph by Wilhelm von Plüschow
Image 94Two Lovers, by Reza Abbasi.
Image 95Page from the Bizarre Museum comic
Image 96Kama Sutra illustration (19th century?)
Image 97Marayat Andriane (1967)
Image 98Tinted photograph credited to Julian Mandel, circa 1920
Image 98Tinted photograph credited to Julian Mandel, circa 1920
Image 99Ex libris by Franz von Bayros
Image 100Photograph credited to Julian Mandel, circa 1920
Image 100Photograph credited to Julian Mandel, circa 1920
Image 1011860s early photograph
Image 102“Cleo”, Kenneth Mclnnis (1915)
Image 103Joseph and Potiphar's wife, Rembrandt
Image 104Illustration for Théophile Gautier's poem Musée Secret
Image 105Shunga illustration, Japan
Image 106Les Sataniques. Le Sacrifice, Félicien Rops
Image 107Artwork by Antonio Vargas
Image 108Nude Study of a Black Female daguerrotype, France, circa 1850s
Image 109Leopold von Sacher Masoch
Image 110Johann Nepomuk Geiger, watercolor, 1840
Image 111Phryne before the Areopagus, Jean-Léon Gérôme. (1861) Phryne, a famous hetaera (courtesan) of Ancient Greece, being disrobed before the Areopagus. Phryne was on trial for profaning the Eleusinian Mysteries, and is said to have been disrobed by Hypereides, who was defending her, when it appeared the verdict would be unfavourable. The sight of her nude body apparently so moved the judges that they acquitted her. Some authorities claim that this story is a later invention.
Image 112Illustration from Le livre de la Marquise by Konstantin Somov
Image 113Modern Pygmalion, Thomas Rowlandson
Image 114Goodbye, Thomas Rowlandson
Image 115Mary Magdalene in the Cave by Jules Joseph Lefebvre
Image 116Hadrian engaging in anal sex with Antinous in Egypt, portrayed by Édouard-Henri Avril.
Image 117Silenus and maenad. Tondo of an Attic red-figure kylix, ca. 480 BC. From Vulci, ancient Greece
Image 118French postcard, model: Alice Prin
Image 118French postcard, model: Alice Prin
Image 119French postcard
Image 120Marilyn Monroe
Image 121Ziegfeld girl Dorothy Flood, by Alfred Cheney Johnston (1920s)
Image 122Early daguerrotype, Auguste Belloc, circa 1850-1855
Image 123Artwork by Gerda Wegener
Image 124Shunga illustration, Japan
Image 125Artwork by Otto Schoff
Image 126Shunga, Japan (ca 1750)
Image 127The great epidemic of pornography. 19th-century French illustration
Image 128'"Halbtakt" by Otto Mueller, ca. 1925
Image 129The Fisherman and the Syren, Frederic Leighton, circa 1856-1858
Image 130Artwork by Heinrich Lossow
Image 131Traditional pederastic courtship scene on an Athenian black-figure amphora from the 5th century B.C.
Image 132Photograph by Alfred Cheney Johnston
Image 133Danaë and the Shower of Gold, Zeus impregnating her as a shower of gold, Léon Comerre, circa 1908
Image 134Photograph from Scamp, men's magazine, 1962
Image 135Artwork by Eusebi Planas i Franquesa
Image 136Early daguerrotype, Bruno Braquehais, circa 1850s
Image 137Indian Princess, by Richard Borrmeister [de] (1888?)

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