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Many people believe that secretly taking pictures adds “authenticity” to the material. In the context of adult entertainment, those who enjoy watching 24/7 live voyeur cameras value authenticity over other aspects such as graphic quality, model beauty, and storyline.

A legend about voyeurism

According to legend, Lady Godiva persuaded her husband to lower taxes for slaves after promising that in return, she would ride her horse around the village completely naked. 

The agreement between Godiva and the neighbors was that the neighbors, knowing that she was making this gesture for them, would respond by locking themselves inside their houses without seeing her through the windows. 

Everyone complied except for one person, Tom, who ended up seeing her through the keyhole. After breaking the agreement, he lost his sight. 'Peeping Tom' is used in English to describe the paraphilia known as 'voyeurism', a word derived from the French verb 'voir' (to see). The lexical definition of 'voyeurism' (“a person who takes pleasure in observing the intimate or erotic behavior of others”) is troubling because it corresponds with much of today's culture, which is decidedly 'voyeuristic'. 

In general, it should only be considered a mental disorder when 'voyeurs' have a clear “preference” for this type of sexual pleasure and, furthermore, do it repeatedly because even though they know they shouldn't do it-they have great difficulty controlling themselves. It is a “disorder” that, if severe and chronic, causes significant disruption in one's life.

Pathological voyeurism is paraphilia-like sadism, exhibitionism, or pedophilia that affects “almost always men” with “serious” psychological problems: social isolation, extreme shyness, or sexual immaturity. It is not an “uncommon” perversion, nor is it unusual for those who experience it to seek help from specialists to cure it. This is not easy, as this type of sexual behavior is “complicated to overcome.” But a distinction must be made between addiction-inducing voyeurism and voyeuristic behavior that basically anyone can do.

So what is voyeurism? 

Voyeurism is a sexual behavior that provides pleasure by observing sexual intercourse. It is the act of spying on sex, which viewers do in erotic movies or pornography. Therefore, it is not a very unusual paraphilia, quite the opposite. Furthermore, most people who practice it do not have any disorder. It's just healthy curiosity, and it's only natural to feel aroused when you watch sexual scenes. The problem comes when this becomes an obsession. 

Voyeurism in cinema 

Usually, the type of cinema associated with voyeurism is cinema within cinema. Because the camera is one of the witnesses that can best convey the desire to observe. The observer may not always be behind the lens, but if he or she is, it is very exciting: being able to observe and being able to show it afterward.

Ranking of the best voyeurism-themed erotic movies

The Handmaiden - A young woman is hired by a married couple. She will have relationships with men in the mansion, always with prying eyes stalking her in the dark.

Body Double - An actor discovers his wife's infidelity. He leaves her and sleeps in an apartment. There he can spy on his neighbors, who hold sex shows every night.

Demons Your Eyes - A man who regularly watches pornography on the Internet discovers that one of the girls is actually his younger sister.

Animal Instinct - A married woman has an unrelenting desire to have sex. Her husband, who was crazy about her, only wanted to satisfy her. Since he can't, he will call another man to sleep with her, while he watches... and records.

The Five Senses - The relationships between five people are explored. These people have a special sensitivity with each of their highly developed senses. One of them will immerse themselves in the pleasure of watching.

Delta of Venus - In the midst of World War II, a woman goes to Paris to become a writer. There, she discovers the pleasures of voyeurism. Even Hitler's approaching troops can't deter her because of her morbid curiosity. 

The Man Who Watches - As the title suggests, this movie by Tinto Brass is famous for its voyeuristic moments. 

The Pleasure of Venus - A liberal couple gets into a relationship with someone else. However, they do it in a strange way: always with the husband watching. 

Wild Orchid - In this movie, a woman, for work, has to make someone who has sexual problems climax. However, this person is a voyeuristic person.

Voyeurism in the global porn industry

Voyeurism means the tendency to gratify oneself by watching other people's nudity/sexual activities, thus it is clear that it “should” be classified as a genre in pornographic expression because the fundamental understanding of pornography is actually the expression or spectacle or behavior that invites others to masturbate and even have sex.

As one of the porn genres, voyeurism is now experiencing a tremendous surge in audience. There are many search results recorded for voyeur content and it is estimated that in the next few years, voyeurism will become one of the top five most popular porn genres.

But why do they (voyeur content) top the search list?

The answer may lie in their “original feel.” Voyeur content is natural and raw. There are no various camera angles, no zooms, no scripts, and other things that should be present in traditional porn. The absence of so many things in voyeur content makes them appear as they are and that they are made by surreptitious recording. It is this impression that makes voyeur content valuable because viewers think they are watching what the creators worked so hard for.

But in its purest form, voyeur content can be an invasion of privacy and in many countries, it leads to criminal charges. These criminal charges can target the content creator, the platform that uploaded the content, and, in many cases, the viewers who shared the content.

However, the appeal of voyeur content is so strong that the threat of criminal prosecution has not deterred many content creators from installing hidden cameras in places where they believe sexual/nude activity will occur.

And on the other hand, “safe” voyeur content is also created but with “a little bit of organization”. What this means is that the targets (the people being peeped at) are actually aware that they are being peeped at but they let them be, in exchange for money. That's what sites like voyeur-house.tv are trying to offer with their legal and safe voyeur content. If we access voyeur-house.tv for example, we will be linked to dozens of voyeur locations to choose from, and each of them has “great potential” to show real-time nudity/sexual scenes.

Conclusion

What can be concluded is that voyeurism does not stand alone all of a sudden. It is a manifestation of people's instinct to peek at other people's sexual activities and as long as it does not become some sort of addiction, it is not a problem. Voyeurism will always exist because it is natural, born out of basic human behavior. The existence of voyeurism in cinema and porn indicates that the genre does have a strong and expanding market. This is all due to the originality of voyeuristic content, regardless of whether they are made without consent or with prior consent.