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Oldest recorded pornographic material.
Many historians believe that having lots of fat was the ideal beauty standard, as it showed you had lots of food and resources. -
Drawn on cave walls in Northern China
First depiction of sex in history -
The depiction of Anal Sex shows that the Babylonians knew about contraception and how babies were made. Other ancient civilizations did not know this. -
Very detailed wall drawings. Pompei was extremely sexual. Legal prostitution, sex slavery, and open orgies were commonplace. Drawings were representative of the society. -
First erotic literature. Seen as a possible origin of BDSM, Novel had rape and torture of teenagers. Officially published in 1905. (Porn has been problematic for a while) -
First pornographic film. Produced in France. It was just a woman doing a strip tease for a couple minutes, but it still became a modest success. -
Company peaked in terms of magazine sales in 1971 with 7 million issues sold. Articles and interviews were in the magazine, along side nude models. Marilyn Monroe was the first cover. Magazine ended in 2020. -
First gay male pornographic film. Straight and lesbian films have been produced by decades at this point. -
First pornographic film to become mainstream. Had a $20,000 budget, but grossed $40 million. Started the "Golden Age" of porn. Linda Lovelace, the star of the movie, stated she was forced to do the movie by her abusive husband. -
First ever porn site. It would be another decade until Fabian Thylmann would have a monopoly on the biggest sites.
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Biggest porn company ever. Owns the majority of sites, production companies, bandwidth, and revenue. -
Porn users can now interact directly with creators. Anybody can be a pornstar now. Users can request personalized videos from creators and message them directly, all for a monthly subscription fee.
