voyeur:

1. Paraphilic individual, more often a male, who derives sexual gratification from observing unsuspecting people, almost always strangers, undressing or engaging in sexual-behavior ; the risk of discovery heightens the pleasure. The voyeur will usually masturbate during or after the peeping . This definition includes people who watch themselves and their partner during sex . Voyeurs generally have a history of insecurity and fear of rejection .They rarely approach or harm their victims; there has been very few reports of rape associated with voyeurism .

2. A person who habitually seeks sexual stimulation by visual means.
SYNONYMS: peep ; peeper ; peeping Tom. Synonyms for homosexual voyeur: benrus-queen ; Bo-Peep; eyeball-queen ; doodle-gazer ; peek-freak ; peep-freak ; Lady Elgin; peer-queer ; spy-queen ; watch-queen.
SEE ALSO: go-to-the-opera ; lookie-freak . Etrymology: From the French voir , to see ; from Latin vidêre , to see .

QUOTES:

Saying: ' A voyeur would rather view than screw .'

Joke: ' The chairman of the board was a voyeur; he always voted with the 'eyes' .'(Ayes).

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