In fact, one could say that porn is in the eye of the beholder. The luscious Venus statuettes of the Stone Age may have been little fertility goddesses way back then, but the same figurines seen through the eyes of a proper Victorian could be perceived as shocking, hard-core porn. It is interesting to take a quick look at sexually graphic material in different time periods across the globe. Traditionally, Hindu, Islamic and Oriental cultures have looked favorably upon sex. Erotic scenes and themes have been depicted in artwork for centuries.
Some passages are much more sexually explicit.
However, for ancient Indians, the Kama Sutra was to sex what the driver's manual is to a car today. The cultural mores in which we live shapes our views of sexually explicit material. It was not uncommon for a graphic sex scene to be shown right beside a landscape scene. 19th century archeologists were shocked and appalled by this ancient smut and quickly stashed the dirty pictures in order to shelter women, children and the lower classes from corruption. The Victorian Era is characterized as a time of sexual repression.