It was about women that were captured in wars and then sold as sex-slaves in order to fulfill the desires of men as well as a form of punishment for the people that lost the war. Laterr women often received payment for that act so that's how it evolved.
The fact that wikipedia doesn't have a page for it doesn't mean it doesn't exist. It only has a page for "porn" + "graphy" which is
illustration of the act. You just described the last word, I am telling you the origin for the first part of the word and the one being used for the title and other things.
https://el.wiktionary.org/wiki/%CF%8...81%CE%BD%CE%B7
You can defer all you want, but I am greek so there's that.
As I mentioned before, the core of the problem is the desire for objects. It has nothing to do with photography. Unfortunately, the title reflects some bad aspects of the object/gear-oriented culture and many times our inability to look beyond our desires.