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... Is it truly voyeurism? ...
Voyeurism can be defined, in a clinical sense, as having "over a period of at least 6 months, recurrent, intense sexually arousing fantasies, sexual urges, or behaviors involving the act of observing an unsuspecting person who is naked, in the process of disrobing, or engaging in sexual activity" (Diagnostic Criteria from DSM-IV). ...
However, there is an important distinction between normal behavior and dysfunctional voyeurism. ... But media voyeurism, the ability to engage in a deliberate invasion of privacy on a massive scale, is yet another offshoot of modern technology, one with it its own set of problems and potential abuses. ... It is to this proclivity that TV voyeurism panders, something never before experienced in the mass media.
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