Cartoon pornography

Eveready Harton in Buried Treasure, a pornographic short cartoon, circa 1928

Cartoon pornography is the portrayal of illustrated or animated fictional cartoon characters in erotic or sexual situations. Animated cartoon pornography, or erotic animation, is a subset of the larger field of adult animation, not all of which is sexually explicit.

Because historically most cartoons have been produced for child and all-ages audiences, cartoon pornography has sometimes been subject to criticism and extra scrutiny compared to live-action erotic films or photographs. It is somewhat common in Japan, where it is part of a genre of entertainment commonly referred to outside of Japan as hentai.

Cartoon pornography has significantly increased in production since the introduction of the internet, with the creation of websites dedicated to adult animation.^[1] The internet has also led to animated pornography being distributed on social media.^[2]

^ Short, Mary B.; Black, Lora; Smith, Angela H.; Wetterneck, Chad T.; Wells, Daryl E. (2012-01-16). "A review of Internet pornography use research: methodology and content from the past 10 years". Cyberpsychology, Behavior and Social Networking. 15 (1): 13–23. doi:10.1089/cyber.2010.0477. ISSN 2152-2723. PMID 22032795. Archived from the original on 2023-01-16. Retrieved 2023-01-16.
^ Forrester, Katrina (2016-09-19). "Making Sense of Modern Pornography". The New Yorker. ISSN 0028-792X. Archived from the original on 2023-01-16. Retrieved 2023-01-16.

[1] Short, Mary B.; Black, Lora; Smith, Angela H.; Wetterneck, Chad T.; Wells, Daryl E. (2012-01-16). "A review of Internet pornography use research: methodology and content from the past 10 years". Cyberpsychology, Behavior and Social Networking. 15 (1): 13–23. doi:10.1089/cyber.2010.0477. ISSN 2152-2723. PMID 22032795. Archived from the original on 2023-01-16. Retrieved 2023-01-16.

[2] Forrester, Katrina (2016-09-19). "Making Sense of Modern Pornography". The New Yorker. ISSN 0028-792X. Archived from the original on 2023-01-16. Retrieved 2023-01-16.

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