Porn

Literature, 1969

Art. The harmless relationship-enhancing activity of watching empowered strangers engage in sexual behaviour for financial reward.

Derived from porne (prostitute) and graphein (to record), “a written description or illustration of prostitutes or prostitution” entered French vocabulary in 1857. Denmark first legalised its publication in 1969, it was defined as “art” during Hustler Magazine v. Falwell in 1988, and it finally became universal to children of any age, anywhere, en masse, since the launch of Youtube-style sites in 2010 through one company in Quebec (Mindgeek).