The Allusionist

116. My Dad Excavated A Porno

06.03.2020 - By Helen ZaltzmanPlay

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The word ‘pornography’ arrived in English in the 1840s so upper class male archaeologists could talk about the sexual art they found in Pompeii without anyone who wasn’t an upper class male archaeologist knowing about it.

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