voyeurism

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a perversion in which a person receives sexual gratification from seeing the genitalia of others or witnessing others' sexual behavior

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There's certainly something very uncomfortable about the voyeurism involved in being in the press, being an actor, where people have a seemingly insatiable curiosity about, you. Claire Danes

Normally, when one passes someone on the street who is in pain, one either tries to help him, or one simply looks the other way. With a photo there's no human decision; you're not there; you can't turn away; you simply gape. It's a form of voyeurism. W. H. Auden

The moral nihilism of celebrity culture is played out on reality television shows, most of which encourage a dark voyeurism into other people's humiliation, pain, weakness, and betrayal. Chris Hedges

Voyeurism is a director's job description. It's an artist's, too. Andy Warhol

Twitter is the marriage of full-tilt narcissism and full-tilt voyeurism that has finally collided in 140 words. Adam Goldberg

Having been in the newspaper business for a long, long time, I often wonder, Why do we actually need to know about something like a bus crash in Bangladesh that has no effect on us at all? That can be nothing other than voyeurism. Simon Winchester

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