There is a wide range of (contested) defmitions of pornography, ranging from the etymological through the sociological to the psychological. Moreover, there is also the issue of what particular (political/epistemological) standpoint underpins...

The word pornography is derived from the ancient Greek porne and graphos meaning ‘writing about whores’. From its origin in ancient Greece, where the porne were the lowest class of prostitute, to its present-day status in western capitalist...

Major sources of information about sex include media such as magazines, videos, television, and movies. Some, but by no means all, of these sources are what most people think of as "pornography." The most common public perceptions of pornography...

Most societies have some kinds of sexually explicit words, images, and other materials that are disapproved, prohibited, illegal, or restricted in circulation; that are portrayed in a manner that is generally unacceptable; and that are classified as...

Pornography or porn is, in its broadest state, the explicit representation of the human body or sexual activity with the goal of sexual arousal and/or sexual relief. It is similar to erotica, which is the use of sexually-arousing imagery for mainly...

(PORNOGRAFIA) (POLAND-FRANCE) A Heritage Films (Poland)/Mact Prods. (France) co-production, in association with Polish Television. Canal + Poland. Wytwornia Filmow, Dokumentalnych I Fabularnych, in co-operation with Canal + France. (International sales: Heritage Films, Warsaw/Mact Prods., Paris.) Produced by Lew Rywin, Antoine de...

Catherine MacKinnon, author of "Only Words" and campaigner in the culture wars on campuses, is more than just another full-time victim, ubiquitous and loud in proclaiming that she has been silenced. This professor at the University of Michigan law school also is a leader...

Republican presidential contender Mitt Romney, who rails against the "cesspool" of pornography, is being criticized by social conservatives who argue that he should have tried to halt hardcore hotel movie offerings during his near-decade on the Marriott board.Two anti-pornography crusaders, as well as two conservative...

The Supreme Court explored Tuesday whether it could limit the reach of a child pornography law so that it would not apply to legitimate creative expression, vivid adolescent imaginations or innocent e-mails with provocative headings.The court took up a challenge to a provision of a...

In the following excerpt, Pease traces the relationship between increasing levels of literacy in Victorian England and the production and regulation of pornography.

In the following excerpt, McCalman explores the production of pornography, some of it associated with radical politics, centered on Holywell Street in London.

In the following excerpt, Hyde discusses nineteenth-century pornography devoted to sado-masochistic practices, homosexuality, and incest.

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Discusses the issue of pornography. Considers if it can have positive benefits for society. Questions if there should be limitations placed upon it.

Although it doesn't harm all young people, graphic pornography has these effects on some young people: an increased sexual insensitivity towards women ; trivialization of rape; distorted perceptions about sexuality; and greater appetite for unusual, bizarre, or violent types of pornography.