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Pornography, or porn, is the depiction of explicit sexual subject matter for the purposes of sexual excitement. Pornography is often targeted by certain groups for censorship. These groups feel that pornography is immoral and offensive, and, in some cases, blasphemous. In all cases, however, it isn't necessarily a particular group working towards censorship; in the case of child pornography, the majority public supports complete censorship. In world of ever advancing technology, it is now possible to virtually generate pornography with 3D characters, including fictional characters, "furries", or semblences of children. This raises new ethical issues for the role of censorship, as in the case of Virtual Child Pornography. No child has been involved in the making of such material, and the ethicality of viewing is based on the viewer and the image rather than the process of production.

Types of Pornography

Visual Pornography

Pornographic Pictures

This category may include adult magazines and internet websites. Pornography that falls under this category has a wide distribution and is easily available.

Pornographic Videos

This category may include distributable video (i.e.: VHS, DVD, etc) and internet websites. Pornography that falls under this category has a lower physical availability (i.e.: physical video pornography is available at adult bookstores and similar adult themed shops), although, it has a high availability via the internet.

Audio Pornography

Phone Sex

This category involves services where patrons interact, over the phone, with an operator.

Recorded Erotic Readings

This category involves recorded reading of erotic texts.

Virtual Pornography

With the advancement of computer generated images, pornography can be virtually generated. In this sphere of pornography, effectively anything can be visualized.

Virtual Child Pornography

See Virtual Child Pornography.

Child Pornography

Child Pornography, also known as kiddie porn, in the United States is pornography where at least one of the models/actors/etc under 18 years of age.

Legality

In the United States, and many other countries, child pornography is strictly illegal, and culturally considered illegal. Convictions of possession have large penalties (including hefty fines and jail time), and convictions of manufacturing or distributing, or in any other way creating child pornography, lead to even more serious punishments.

For the legality of Virtual Child Pornography, see Virtual Child Pornography.

Today, kids are able to quickly and easily share photographs of themselves, that they have personally taken, with their friends via internet and multimedia text message. The laws surrounding the prosecution of minors involved in child pornography are still being developed as they emerge in the U.S. judicial system.

Virtual Child Pornography

See Virtual Child Pornography.

See Also

• Censorship
• Kay Mathiesen
• Virtual Child Pornography
• Virtual Reality and Computer Simulations - Philip Brey
• Phototruth

References

• Wikipedia - Pornography