On Wed, Oct 19, 2011 at 3:26 PM, Thomas Morton <morton.thomas@googlemail.com
wrote:
That there is a pornography project would be empirical evidence to the contrary. That a random page load can load pages with CBT images, genital piercings, or ejaculate leaking from or flowing over various body parts
is
also problematic.
Well, strictly speaking that isn't pornography - because the intent behind the images is not to arouse, but to inform.
I realise that is being pedantic in definition - but it is important, because if an image on an article is genuinely "pornography" in the strictest sense, then it should be removed as un-encyclopaedic :)
All of the images that might be problematic should have educational validity.
Tom
Well, here is one of those edge cases. The article http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Good_Old_Naughty_Days contains an embedded pornographic short film, which is "genuinely pornography in its strictest sense". Made for showing in brothels, it is old (1920s), black and white, but does feature spanking, cunnilingus, masturbation, fellatio, and penetration.
The same video is embedded in http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polissons_et_galipettes
Another similar example is http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Convent_pornography – this includes an embedded video, also from the 1920s, featuring cunnilingus, fellatio, and anal as well as vaginal penetration.
http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pornografie includes the same video.
I wouldn't say that these videos (part of a cinema release of old porn videos a few years ago) do not have educational validity, but it is worth noting that their propagation via the internet – without access protection via an age verification system – is a criminal offence in Germany, and that this content would be illegal on a German server under German youth protection law, according to the German Federal Department for Media Harmful to Young Persons* *(Bundesprüfstelle):
http://www.bundespruefstelle.de/bpjm/information-in-english,did=33902,render...
Looking at intent to arouse vs. intent to inform, 26 out of 28 images used to illustrate the articles listed in http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Bondage_positions show women. It's a striking gender imbalance that seems more reflective of male pornographic interest than actual gender-specific preferences.
Andreas