Official The Cure Pornography T-Shirt

Product Information

While our research shows that parents overwhelmingly support age-verification and are confident it will make a difference, we must recognise that digital solutions aren’t the only answer and parents can’t become complacent about their child’s digital world. Pornographers have taken advantage of each major technological advancement for the production and distribution of their services. [168] Pornography has been called an "erotic engine" and a driving force in the development of various media related technologies from the printing press, through photography (still and motion), to satellite TV, Home video, and streaming media. [169]

Williams, Bernard (2015). Obscenity and Film Censorship: An Abridgement of the Williams Report. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 9781316432464. Archived from the original on 5 April 2023 . Retrieved 29 March 2023. Wiley, Richard; Rivera, Henry; Wadlow, R Clark (2004). Annual Institute on Telecommunications Policy and Regulation, Volume 22. Practising Law Institute. Archived from the original on 21 February 2023 . Retrieved 21 February 2023. In India, Hinduism embraced an inquisitive attitude towards sex as an art and a spiritual ideal. [26] Some ancient Hindu temples incorporated various aspects of sexuality into their art work. The temples at Khajuraho and Konark are particularly renowned for their sculptures, which had detailed representations of human sexual activity. [27] These depictions were viewed with a spiritual outlook as sexual arousal is believed to denote the embodying of the divine. [e] Art work portraying Kama in Hindu temples. These works depicted courtship, amorous couples in intimacy ( maithuna), or a sex position. Viewed with a spiritual outlook, sexual arousal is believed to indicate the embodying of the divine. [e] Above: Temples in India and Nepal ( c. 400– c. 1400 CE).Clingbine, Graham (2016). What You Need to Know About Human Sex. Troubador Publishing Ltd. ISBN 978-1785893735. In most of Southeast Asia, Middle East, and China, the production, distribution, and possession of pornography is illegal and outlawed. [223] In Russia and Ukraine, webcam modeling is allowed provided it contains no explicit performances; in other parts of the world commercial webcamming is banned as a form of pornography. [223] At around the same time, erotic graphic art that began to be extensively produced in Paris came to be known in the Anglosphere as "French postcards". [15] Enlightenment-era France had been noted by historians as the centre of origin for modern-era pornography. [49] The works of French pornography, which often concentrated on the education of an ingénue into libertine, dominated the sale of sexually explicit content. [50] The French sought to interlace narratives of sexual pleasure with philosophical and anti-establishment basis. [50] Political pornography began with the French revolution (1789-99). [51] Apart from the sexual component, pornography became a popular medium for protest against the social and political norms of the time. [15] Pornography during this period was used to explore the ideas of sexual freedom for women and men, the various methods of contraception, and to expose the offences of powerful royals and elites. [15] The working and lower classes in France produced pornographic material en masse with themes of impotency, incest, and orgies that ridiculed the authority of the Church-State, aristocrats, priests, Pornography has been vouched to provision a safe outlet for sexual desires that may not be satisfied within relationships and be a facilitator of sexual release in people who do not have a partner. It has been equated with journalism, as both offer a view into the unknown or the hidden aspects. Pornography use is considered a widespread recreational activity in-line with other digitally mediated activities such as use of social media or video games. [c] Motivations for pornography use may include fantasy, habitual use, mood management, or as part of a relationship. People who regard porn as sex education material were identified as more likely to not use condoms in their own sex life, thereby assuming a higher risk of contracting sexually transmitted infections (STIs); performers working for pornographic studios undergo regular testing for STIs unlike much of the general public. Comparative studies indicate higher tolerance and consumption of pornography among people tends to be associated with their greater support for gender equality. Among feminist groups, some seek to abolish pornography believing it to be harmful, while others oppose censorship efforts insisting it is benign. A longitudinal study had ascertained that pornography use is not a predictive factor in intimate partner violence. [d] Porn Studies, which began in 2014, is the first international peer-reviewed, academic journal dedicated to critical study of "products and services" deemed pornographic.

Angel, Katherine; Hudson, Roscoe; Jones, Adam; Glaser, Rebecca Shaw; Walsh, Joanna; Smith, Clarissa (11 May 2018). "Special section: writing on pornography" (PDF). Porn Studies. 5 (1): 44–86. doi: 10.1080/23268743.2018.1436260. Image 9 Playmate of the Year and People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals spokesperson Pamela Anderson, signing DVDs at the USS Halsey Mainstream pornography involves professional performers who work for various corporate film studios in their respective productions. [140] Mainstream pornography performers for the studio Digital Playground. From left to right: Jesse Jane, Katsuni, Raven Alexis, Riley Steele, Janie Summers, Kayden Kross, at the AVN Adult Entertainment Expo (2010)Image 40 Bondage 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 4 Cunnilingus portrayed at Pompeii - Source: John R. Clarke: Ars Erotica. Darmstadt: Primus 2009 Parrinder, Geoffrey (1996). Sexual Morality in the World's Religions. Oneworld Publications, Oxford. ISBN 9781851681082. The oldest artifacts considered pornographic were discovered in Germany in 2008 CE and are dated to be at least 35,000 years old. [b] 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 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.

Further information: Pornography laws by region and Laws regarding child pornography Sex and the law Examples of illustrations depicting human sexual activities. From the ancient Indian Sanskrit text Kama Sutra ( c. 200– c. 300 CE). A distinction is often made regarding adult content classifying it as either pornography or erotica. [135] Considerations of distinctness between erotica and pornography is mostly subjective. [15] Pornographic content is generally classified as either softcore or hardcore. [110] Softcore pornography contains depictions of nudity but without explicit depiction of sexual activity. [110] Hardcore pornography contains explicit depiction of sexual activity. [136] Hardcore porn is more regulated than softcore porn. [136] Softcore porn was popular between the 1970s and 1990s. [137] Mainstream pornography and γράφειν ( gráphein) "writing, recording, or description". [1] In Greek language, the term pornography connotes depiction of sexual activity; [2] no date is known for the first use of the term pornography, the earliest attested, most related word found is πορνογράφος ( pornographos) i.e. "someone writing about harlots" in the 3rd century CE work Deipnosophists by Athenaeus. [3] [4] Liddell, Henry George; Scott, Robert (1940). A Greek–English Lexicon. Clarendon Press. ISBN 978-0-19-864226-8. Archived from the original on 12 February 2023.

Hester, Helen (2014). Beyond Explicit: Pornography and the Displacement of Sex. State University of New York Press. ISBN 9781438449623. Archived from the original on 7 March 2023 . Retrieved 6 March 2023.