Talk:Pornography

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Pornography

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Pornography (often shortened to porn) is the portrayal of sexual subject matter for the exclusive purpose of sexual arousal.[1] Pornography may be presented in a variety of media,…

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Pornography (often shortened to porn) is the portrayal of sexual subject matter for the exclusive purpose of sexual arousal.[1] A distinction could be drawn between erotic art and hard pornography.[ref] Pornography may be presented in a variety of media,

[ref] Lancet 11 June 1241/2 (1977), https://www.oed.com/view/Entry/148012?redirectedFrom=Pornography#eid

Etymology

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…As early as 1864, Webster's Dictionary defined the word bluntly as "a licentious painting".[21], The more inclusive word erotica, sometimes used as a synonym...

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…As early as 1864, Webster's Dictionary defined the word bluntly as "a licentious painting"[21], and the Oxford English Dictionary definition is from obscene painting (1842), description of obscene matters, obscene publication (1977 or earlier).[ref] The more inclusive word erotica when not demoted to pornography by censors, is used as a synonym…

[ref] OED, 2021, https://www.oed.com/view/Entry/148012?redirectedFrom=Pornography#eid

References

@Rim sim: Any explanation for [1]? tgeorgescu (talk) 09:19, 17 February 2023 (UTC)

It is now moot, I fixed it. tgeorgescu (talk) 09:31, 17 February 2023 (UTC)

What is that 212.60.77.113 (talk) 07:46, 13 July 2023 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 14 August 2023

In the third paragraph of the lead section, there is a spelling error in the sentence "... others oppose censorship efforts insisting it is bengin." Change "bengin" to "benign." Aureate01 (talk) 02:12, 14 August 2023 (UTC)

Done. Thanks. AndyTheGrump (talk) 02:47, 14 August 2023 (UTC)

Psychological perspective section

This section seems to rely entirely on one Giorgio Tricarico. While reliably published, it isn't clear that he's particularly notable, influential, or WP:DUE. I was hoping the section would focus on WP:MEDRS to cover the psychology of porn (though it would belong in a top-level heading, not in a "Views on pornography" section).

The feminist section is also enormous! There's a lot to say of course, but since there's a dedicated article, I think it falls afoul of WP:SUMMARYSTYLE. DFlhb (talk) 23:48, 19 August 2023 (UTC)

Yup, analytical psychology is not particularly mainstream. Its founder, C.G. Jung is surrounded with controversy, the gist is that he did not do empirical science, but simply preached Gnosticism dressed as psychology. And to the extent he claimed he did empirical science, it was either a misrepresentation through not knowing better, or outright fraud. Details at User talk:Uncensored-reiki#Read_Carl_Jung.

The mainstream criticism is that psychoanalysis, except for a few concepts, is unamenable to empirical psychological research, i.e. it is basically accepted on faith.

Freud was to a large extent mainstream, with the accent upon "was", i.e. past tense. But that wasn't the case for Jung. tgeorgescu (talk) 00:09, 20 August 2023 (UTC)

Wiki Education assignment: Seminar in Human Sexuality

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