Laura Kipnis described pornography as "an archive of data about... our history as a culture." So if you describe it like this, what can you tell us about 20th century sexual history? Examining the history of archival forms, from pornographic playing cards to Blu-ray discs and the internet, this shows the ever-evolving shape of how as a society we view pornography. The social implications of pornography emerge from the archival forms. This will be examined by the 1986 Meese Commission into the United States of America into the pornographic industry. Finally, this exhibition will also examine the different views of gay and straight pornography and the changes that have taken place throughout the 20th century. Overall, the 20th century represented a fundamental shift in sexual attitudes toward pornography. To examine the sexual history of the 20th century, it is critical to understand the context of what Kipnis meant in his quote about pornography. His idea doesn't matter what your opinion is on pornography; attracts and interests the viewer. It's intriguing to think about it from a cultural point of view according to her and also from a personal point of view because society in general tends to think about the data itself, but not about people who are against pornography who are attracted as such as someone who views it positively pornography. This point will be discussed in the Meese Commission. According to her, Kipnis states that there are no boundaries between private and public pornography because they are constantly changing and therefore it is too difficult to say where they are. Since the idea of ​​the public versus private domain is a common theme throughout pornography and will be examined further, particularly… half of the paper… cs of Fantasy in America, New York, 1996. Oosterhuis, H. , "Richard Von Krafft-Ebing's “Children of Nature”: Psychiatry and the Creation of Homosexual Identity,” in K. M. Phillips and B. Reay, eds., Sexualities in History: A Reader, New York, 2002 Sigel, L ., 'Dirt in the hands of the wrong people: postcards and the expansion of pornography in Britain and the Atlantic world, 1880-1914', Journal of Social History, 33, 4, 2000Stewart, S., 'The Marquis de Meese ', Critical Inquiry, 15, 1988–9Vance, C.S., “Negotiation of Sex and Gender in the Attorney General's Committee on Pornography,” in K. M. Phillips and B. Reay, eds., Sexualities in History: A Reader, New York, 2002, pp.359–74. Waugh, T., 'Men's Pornography : Gay vs. Straight', in C. K. Creekmur and A. Doty, eds., Out In Culture, Durham NC, 1995, pp.307–27. Williams, L., ed. , Porn Studies, Durham NC, 2004.