Her image has become an icon of American popular culture.
One famous case in point was the late American actress Marilyn Monroe (born Norma Jeane Mortenson, 1926-1962), who early in her career in the film industry performed in sexually explicit short films (never widely circulated to the general public) before taking roles in films which did not require her to display sexual activity, but only that she could pose as a sexually attractive female.
Some well known actors and actresses in Western countries have performed nude or partial nude scenes, or have dressed and behaved in ways considered sexually provocative by contemporary standards at some point in their careers. Studies made by psychologists indicate that the consumption of pornography can be detrimental to sexual health, causing addiction to pornography, disregard for intimacy in real life, and a wearing down of the excitability leading to impotence in men and frigidity in women. A pornographic film, on the other hand, is a sex film which does not usually claim any artistic merit, but intends to provoke sexual arousal in the spectators and as such is mainly intended for so called "mature audiences", meaning adults. Films that include sex or erotic scenes are to be found in a wide range of genres and sub-genres, with genres that have a sexual or erotic component typically including the term "erotic" in its description – such as erotic dramas, erotic thrillers, sex comedies, coming-of-age films, romantic dramas, besides others. Love scenes, erotic or not, have been present in films since the silent era of cinematography. Nudity in film may be regarded as sexual or as non-sexual.Īn erotic film is usually a film that has an erotic quality, meaning that it may arouse sexual feelings, even if the stated or suggested intention of the film maker is to induce philosophical contemplation concerning the aesthetics of sexual desire, sensuality and romantic love. In countries with a film rating system, films which contain explicit sex scenes typically receive a restricted classification. Films which display or suggest sexual behavior have been criticized by religious groups or have been banned or censored by governments, although attitudes have changed much along the years and a more permissive social environment has developed in certain parts of the world, notably in the so called Western countries, that is the countries of Europe, North America, Australia and New Zealand. Sex in film, the presentation of aspects of sexuality in film, specially human sexuality, has been controversial since the development of the medium.
#Explicit gay sex scenes in mainstream cinema movie
The Kiss (1896) contained what was regarded as the very first sex scene on film, drawing the general outrage of movie goers, civic leaders, and religious leaders, as utterly shocking, obscene and completely immoral.