Pornography

Highly distressed non-compulsive users

These people use porn less frequently and have lower sexual satisfaction and high distress.

Recreational users

Users of porn that have greater sexual satisfaction and lower tendency to be compulsive.

Erotica

Works that are considered to have literary or artistic value with a sexual theme.

Ethical porn

Media where the performers are paid a fair wage for their work, treated with dignity and respect, not expected to engage in acts against their will, and where sexuality is recognized as a diverse, individual experience.

Comstock Act of 1873

Criminalized the sale of possession of obscene materials.

Compulsive users

Porn users that have lower sexual satisfaction and dysfunction.

Hard-core porn

Pornography that depicts penetrative sex and more.

Soft-core porn

Pornography where nudity is displayed but penetrative acts are not depicted.

Pornography

Sometimes referred to as "porn", is the portrayal of sexual subject matter for sexual arousal.