Ep 45: A Brief History of Pornography

Pizza Delivery for Ellie? What could possibly go wrong? Listen to the 45th episode of Sugar Pussy to find out and learn all about the history of pornography. Ellie talks a lot in this episode. She goes all the way back to 28,000 years ago and looks at the timeline of porn all the way up to what the porn industry is like today.

Read Sarah Chadwick's book The Sweetness of Venus: https://www.amazon.com/Sweetness-Venus-History-Clitoris/dp/1736298836

Listen to The Pros and Cons of Porn (Do We Know Things): https://www.doweknowthings.com/episodes/21-pros-and-cons-of-porn

Listen to The Butterfly Effect (Jon Ronson): https://www.audible.com/pd/The-Butterfly-Effect-Podcast/B08DDD6299

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Sources for this episode:

“The History of Pornography: From The Paleolithic to Pornhub”

https://medium.com/unusual-universe/the-history-of-pornography-from-the-paleolithic-to-pornhub-4123dbeef37e

“The Evolution of Pornography”

https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/love-and-sex-in-the-digital-age/202007/the-evolution-pornography

“A brief and incredible history of porn”

https://www.dailydot.com/irl/history-of-porn/

“How Has Pornography Changed In The Last 10 Years?”

https://fightthenewdrug.org/how-has-porn-changed-in-the-last-10-years/

“The history of OnlyFans: how the controversial platform found success and changed online sex work”

https://www.insider.com/what-is-onlyfans-banning-content-work-porn-ban-history-sex-2021-9

“Your Guide To Ethical Porn: What Makes It Different & Where To Find It”

https://www.mindbodygreen.com/articles/ethical-porn

“THE UNETHICAL HISTORY OF 70’S PORN”

https://sexualhealthalliance.com/nymphomedia-blog/the-unethical-history-of-70s-porn

“Ethical porn — does it exist and who makes it?”

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-12-21/ethical-porn-does-it-exist-and-where-do-you-find-it/8091266

“The definition of pornography”

https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/porn/etc/definition.html

“Making Sense of Modern Pornography”

https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2016/09/26/making-sense-of-modern-pornography

And of course…

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pornographic_magazine

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pornographic_film

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pornography#History