
Voyeurism
Sexual interest in or practice of spying on people engaged in intimate behaviors

Sexual interest in or practice of spying on people engaged in intimate behaviors
Voyeurism is the habit of clandestinely watching other people engaged in intimate behaviors, such as undressing, sexual activity, or other actions of a private nature, commonly for sexual stimulation. It may be a form of paraphilia. The term comes from the French voyeur, which means 'watcher', derived from the verb voir 'to see'. A male voyeur is commonly labelled as "Peeping Tom" or a "Jags", a term which originates from the Lady Godiva legend. The American Psychiatric Association has classified certain voyeuristic fantasies, urges and behaviour patterns as a paraphilia in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual (DSM-IV) if the person has acted on these urges, or the sexual urges or fantasies cause marked distress or interpersonal difficulty. It is described as a disorder of sexual preference in the ICD-10. The DSM-IV defines voyeurism as the act of observing "individuals, usually strangers, engaging in sexual activity, exhibitionism, or disrobing". The diagnosis as a disorder would not...
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