VICE: Hey Kate, what do you see as the main differences between the porn produced today and older smut?

Dr Lister: There's a real sense in the Victorian-era images of experimentation, largely around what looks 'sexy.' In a lot of them they're experimenting with a different backgrounds... and somebody's put some taxidermy in the scene, for example. So there's a taxidermy dog, or a pig, or just someone's thinking, "Do I need a broom here?"

There's also a real sense that they're enjoying themselves. The Victorians had different sexual norms—some good, some bad, but one of the things they didn't portray in this material was this idea that you have to dominate the woman all the time. A woman's orgasm was incredibly important in Victorian times.