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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...

For over a century there has been great debate about the role of pornography in American society. Despite years of social crusades and legal and political wrangling, America remains in the late twentieth century deeply conflicted about how to handle...

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...

Depiction of erotic behaviour intended to cause sexual excitement. The word originally signified any work of art or literature depicting the life of prostitutes. Though pornography is clearly ancient in origin, its early history is obscure because it...

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...