
In the early days of the Internet men dominated cyberspace. This men's club spawned a seedy trade in pornographic images (mostly of women). For many years this activity went relatively unnoticed. The Internet was used by only a select few and required advanced computing skills. The early transfer of photographs was through newsgroups. This required that the images be digitized and then compressed. They were put through a process called UUENCODE. This made the files compliant with standard ASCII format so they could be posted to the newsgroup like any other message.
To view the file one needed to download it and then UUDECODE the file to return it to its original format. The final step was to open the file using software that allowed the user to view digital images. Because of this difficult process only the computer literate could partake.
Today the situation is very different. The creation of user friendly browsing software and the use of WWW protocols makes the sending and recieving of images very easy. So easy even a child can do it. Therein lies the the problem. Even the dificult newsgroups are made easy. The WWW browsers can read the newsgroups and even decode the image information on the fly.
It's easy to see why the debate has heated up. As more and more people
log on the likelyhood grows that users will stumble across something they
don't want see. A major event in the life of the Web was a report in Time
magazine on the alleged pornography on the Web. The article was based
on a much disputed study by a student from Carnegie Mellon University named
Martin Rimm. 
Some of the sights on the Web are definitely for those with "exotic" tastes. It can be politically incorrect or downright offensive to some.
Men talk about women.
Women talk about men.
How Hard is it to find?
Nasty Web Sights
Beware! Can be construed as very offensive
Mostly deal with female nudity.
Most dealing male nudity.
| Male Erotica | Men on the Net | Gay owned and operated website |
| Playgirl | Pixotna | Hard Studs |
| Welcome to Mount Equinox | His web | CD's for Women |
Newsgroups of diverse tastes:
| alt.sex | alt.sex.oral | alt.sex.plushies | alt.binaries.pictures.erotica.bondage |
| alt.sex.fetish | alt.sex.fetish.fashion | alt.sex.fetish.watersports | alt.sex.movies |
| alt.sex.fetish.wrestling | alt.sex.fetish.hair | alt.sex.fetish.startrek | alt.sex.incest |
| alt.sex.fetish.wet-and-messy | alt.sex.fetish.tinygirls | alt.sex.fetish.waifs | alt.sex.pedophile |
| alt.sex.fetish.orientals | alt.sex.fetish.diapers | alt.sex.fetish.fa | alt.sex.pedophile.mike-labbe |
| alt.sex.fetish.motorcycles | alt.sex.fetish.tickling | alt.sex.fetish.feet | alt.sex.woody-allen |
| alt.sex.fetish.smoking | alt.sex.erotica.marketplace | alt.sex.pictures | alt.sex.nasal-hair |
| alt.sex.pictures.male | alt.sex.pictures.female | alt.sex.bestiality.barne | alt.sex.cu-seeme |
| alt.sex.pictures. | alt.sex.senator-exon | alt.sex.bestiality.hamster | alt.sex.fat |
| alt.sex.bestiality.hamster.duct-tape | alt.sex.bestiality.pictures | alt.sex.bondage | alt.sex.brothels |
| alt.sex.orgy | alt.sex.bondage.furtoonia | alt.sex.wanted | alt.sex.wizards |
| alt.sex.stories | alt.sex.stories.hetero | alt.sex.stories.tg | alt.sex.homosexual |
| alt.sex.stories.incest | alt.sex.stories.d | alt.sex.stories.gay | alt.sex.bears |
| alt.sex.stories.moderated | alt.sex.anal | alt.sex.strip-clubs | alt.sex.jesus |
| alt.sex.super-size | alt.sex.pedophilia | alt.sex.pedophilia.boys | alt.sex.furry |
| alt.sex.pedophilia.girls | alt.sex.pedophilia.pictures | alt.sex.pedophilia.swaps | alt.sex.fetishes.sleepy |
| alt.sex.prostitution | alt.sex.safe | alt.sex.services | alt.sex.sm |
| alt.sex.sgml | alt.sex.sounds | alt.sex.spanking | alt.sex.sm.fig |
| alt.sex.femdom | alt.sex.swingers | alt.sex.telephone | alt.sex.teens |
| alt.sex.ugly | alt.sex.video-swap | alt.sex.voyeurism | alt.sex.first-time |
| alt.sex.watersports | alt.sex.breast | alt.sex.exhibitionism | alt.sex.hello-kitty |
| alt.sex.doom | alt.sex.doom.with-sound | alt.sex.masturbation | alt.sex.fetishes |
| alt.binaries.pictures.erotica.fetish | alt.sex.skydiving | alt.sex.skydiving.bondage | alt.binaries.pictures |
| alt.sex.raj | alt.sex.gangbang | alt.sex.raj.NOT | alt.sex.dylan |
| alt.sex.fencing | alt.sex.unnatural-acts | alt.sex.unnatural-acts.jesse-helms | alt.sex.weight-gain |
| alt.sex.parper | alt.sex.colostomy | alt.sex.leri | alt.sex.extraterrestrial |
| alt.sex.teddy-ruxpin | alt.sex.voxmeet | alt.sex.cthulhu | alt.binaries.pictures.erotica |
| alt.sex.toupee | alt.sex.zoophilia | alt.sex.babie | |
| alt.sex.motss | alt.sex.escorts.ads | alt.sex.jp | alt.binaries.pictures.erotica.cartoons |
| alt.binaries.pictures.erotica.children | alt.binaries.pictures.erotica.male | alt.binaries.pictures.erotica.female | alt.binaries.pictures.erotica.anime |
| lt.binaries.pictures.erotica.bestiality | alt.binaries.pictures.erotica.amateur.male | alt.binaries.pictures.lingerie | alt.binaries.lingerie |
| alt.sex.enemas | alt.sex.escorts | alt.sex.magazines | alt.binaries.erotica.fetish |
| alt.sex.advocacy | alt.sex.necrophilia | alt.binaries.pictures.erotica.teen | alt.binaries.pictures.erotica.amateur |
| alt.sex.boredom | alt.sex.intergen | alt.binaries.pictures.erotica.breasts | alt.binaries.pictures.erotica.blondes |
| alt.binaries.pictures.erotica.amateur.female | alt.binaries.pictures.erotica.d | alt.binaries.pictures.erotica.orientals | alt.binaries.pictures.erotica.furry |
| alt.binaries.pictures.misc | alt.binaries.pictures.supermodels | alt.binaries.pictures.celebrities | alt.binaries.pictures.lesbians |
| alt.binaries.pictures.nudism | alt.binaries.pictures.girls | alt.binaries.pictures.girlfriend | alt.binaries.pictures.voyeurism |
| alt.binaries.pictures.girlfriends | alt.binaries.erotica.fettish | alt.binaries.erotic | alt.binaries.erotic.senior-citizens |