The original BBW ‘The Venus of Willendof’ carved into small 4.3" statue ( known as a symbol of fertility, sex and love)
A brief history of porn
Pornography has been a part of human life for as long as humans have been alive Since we have been having sex, we have been consuming Pornography in some shape or form,whether it be a crude sketch on a cave wall or a pocket sized sculpture of a naked lady. Here are some key moments in history that lead us to the present day.
2044 BC
1150 BC
Ancient Egypt has had a massive influence on life as we know it today and porn is no exception, the Turin erotic papyrus is widely believed to be the oldest pornographic imagery in existence.
As there are only remains left, this is an interpretation of what it may have looked like when it was created.
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Do you think these artifacts are purely artistic? When did art become pornographic?
400 AD
The Karma Sutra is written by Vātsyāyanain India
Here are some of the book's covers throughout time- the first English translation wasn't printed until 1883
(https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kama_Sutra)
Did you know?
The Karma Sutra is thought to be the worlds oldest book and is still being printed today. In fact, you can even buy a Karma Sutra colouring book!
1839 AD
Fast forward a few centuries and we meet Louis Deguerre as he cements his place in history as the “God father of photography” when he invents the camera. And what’s one of the first things we do with this new-fangled machine? That’s right, we take nude pics!
Louis Daguerre invented the first process of photography which was called the daguerreotype
(http://simplebooklet.com/publish.php?wpKey=8XROgKcMU4BDYINkSKbRsQ#page=1)
in 1840, Thanks to Louis, we see the introduction of the “French postcard”
1850 AD, And the word PORN was coined
Of course, something can’t gain this much popularity in such a short space of time with out
attracting “haters”..
1857 AD
England introduce the first laws about porn “the obscene publications act 1857” basically making it illegal to sell any pornographic material and giving the courts the power to seize and destroy offending material. At the same time, there was a debate in the House of Lords over a bill aiming to restrict the sale of poisons. Lord Campbell was taken by the analogy between the two situations,famously referring to the London pornography trade as "a sale of poison more deadly than prussic acid, strychnine or arsenic",[7] and thus the act was introduced, not without strong opposition!