{"id":29927,"date":"2020-07-19T10:09:44","date_gmt":"2020-07-19T10:09:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/?p=29927"},"modified":"2023-09-06T05:30:18","modified_gmt":"2023-09-06T05:30:18","slug":"voyeurism","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/voyeurism\/","title":{"rendered":"Voyeurism"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Peeping; one of the paraphilias, characterized by marked distress over, or acting on, urges to observe unsuspecting people, usually strangers, who are naked or in the process of disrobing or who are engaging in sexual activity.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>Sexually motivated and often compulsive interest in watching or looking at others, particularly at genitals. A \u201cPeeping Tom\u201d represents a pathological expression of voyeurism.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>A sexual variance characterized by a person gaining sexual pleasure from viewing nudes.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>A condition in which a person experiences sexual pleasure by watching others having intercourse.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>Disorder in which sexual excitement and gratification are obtained from viewing the naked bodies of others, especially the genitalia, and from watching the sexual acts of others.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>A mental illness characterized by seeking and watching unsuspecting people undress, become naked, or engage in sexual activity. Also known as peeping, voyeurism serves as a way for the person with the disorder to become sexually excited. He or she may masturbate while watching or later while engaging in a fantasy about what has been seen. In extreme form, voyeurism becomes the person&#8217;s only sexual activity. Voyeurism usually begins before age 15, lasts at least 6 months, and is much more common in males than females. Voyeurism tends to continue through-out life.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>The condition of obtaining sexual pleasure by watching other people undressing or enjoying sexual relations.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>The regular viewing of people who are naked or part-naked or who are taking part in intimate sexual activities. The voyeur\u2019s subjects are unaware that they are being watched. The voyeur, nearly always a man, usually becomes sexually excited and may induce orgasm by masturbation.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>The experiencing of sexual gratification by observing nude persons or the sexual activity of others.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<div class=\"group w-full text-gray-800 dark:text-gray-100 border-b border-black\/10 dark:border-gray-900\/50 bg-gray-50 dark:bg-[#444654] sm:AIPRM__conversation__response\">\n<div class=\"flex p-4 gap-4 text-base md:gap-6 md:max-w-2xl lg:max-w-[38rem] xl:max-w-3xl md:py-6 lg:px-0 m-auto\">\n<div class=\"relative flex w-[calc(100%-50px)] flex-col gap-1 md:gap-3 lg:w-[calc(100%-115px)]\">\n<div class=\"flex flex-grow flex-col gap-3\">\n<div class=\"min-h-[20px] flex items-start overflow-x-auto whitespace-pre-wrap break-words flex-col gap-4\">\n<div class=\"markdown prose w-full break-words dark:prose-invert light AIPRM__conversation__response\">\n<p>Sexual arousal elicited through visual stimuli, typically by observing an unknowing individual.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<div class=\"group w-full text-token-text-primary border-b border-black\/10 dark:border-gray-900\/50 bg-gray-50 dark:bg-[#444654]\" data-testid=\"conversation-turn-89\">\n<div class=\"p-4 justify-center text-base md:gap-6 md:py-6 m-auto\">\n<div class=\"flex flex-1 gap-4 text-base mx-auto md:gap-6 md:max-w-2xl lg:max-w-[38rem] xl:max-w-3xl }\">\n<div class=\"relative flex w-[calc(100%-50px)] flex-col gap-1 md:gap-3 lg:w-[calc(100%-115px)]\">\n<div class=\"flex flex-grow flex-col gap-3 max-w-full\">\n<div class=\"min-h-[20px] flex flex-col items-start gap-3 overflow-x-auto whitespace-pre-wrap break-words\">\n<div class=\"markdown prose w-full break-words dark:prose-invert light\">\n<p>The regular act of secretly watching individuals who may be undressing, naked, or involved in sexual activities, for the purpose of sexual gratification.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Peeping; one of the paraphilias, characterized by marked distress over, or acting on, urges to observe unsuspecting people, usually strangers, who are naked or in the process of disrobing or who are engaging in sexual activity. 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A \u201cPeeping Tom\u201d represents a pathological expression of voyeurism.A sexual variance characterized by a person gaining sexual pleasure from viewing nudes.A condition in which a person experiences sexual pleasure by watching others having intercourse.Disorder in which sexual excitement and gratification are obtained from viewing the naked bodies of others, especially the genitalia, and from watching the sexual acts of others.A mental illness characterized by seeking and watching unsuspecting people undress, become naked, or engage in sexual activity. Also known as peeping, voyeurism serves as a way for the person with the disorder to become sexually excited. He or she may masturbate while watching or later while engaging in a fantasy about what has been seen. In extreme form, voyeurism becomes the person&#039;s only sexual activity. Voyeurism usually begins before age 15, lasts at least 6 months, and is much more common in males than females. 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