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Voyeurism

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Voyeurism
See also Eavesdropping.
Actaeon
turned into stag for watching Artemis bathe. [Gk. Myth.: Leach, 8]
elders of Babylon
watch Susanna bathe. [Apocrypha: Susanna; Art: Daniel, 217]
Gyges
king’s bodyguard requested secretly to view queen undressing. [Gk. Lit.: Avery, 507–508]
Peeping Tom
illicitly glanced at the naked Godiva. [Br. Legend: Brewer Dictionary, 815]
Roberts, Mr.
takes advantage of unshaded hospital window to watch nurses taking baths. [Am. Lit.: Heggen Mister Roberts in Sobel, 479]


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As recently as a year ago, this kind of dynamic for exhibitionism and voyeurism was unheard-of.
I in turn wonder how many votes went the Conservatives' way owing to the December Supreme Court of Canada ruling that gave the green light to commercially operated "swingers clubs" that provide facilities for members seeking group sex, one-on-one mate swapping, and voyeurism.
We think of voyeurism as peeking at sex acts, but rage, despair and longing reveal others at their most intimate.
 
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