Edwardian erotica

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There are many ways you could describe the bulk of modern porn: "Goal-oriented. In the Victorian era, when erotica first met photography and then the mass printing press, porn "smut" was downright gleeful. Everyone pictured look happy as hell, the women were usually in control, and bodies were relatable—all soft fleshy tums, pubic hair and faces mid-laugh. Dr Kate Lister is an authority on the history of sexual attitudes and the woman behind the website and Twitter account Whores of Yore.

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