What Does Scoptophilia Mean?

In psychology and psychiatry, scopophilia or scoptophilia is an aesthetic pleasure drawn from looking at an object or a person.

What is another term for scopophilia?

peeping Tom

nounperson secretly watching others. ogler. peeper. scopophiliac. voyeur.

What is scopophilia?

Definition: Scopophilia. SCOPOPHILIA: Literally, the love of looking. The term refers to the predominantly male gaze of Holloywood cinema, which enjoys objectfying women into mere objects to be looked at (rather than subjects with their own voice and subjectivity).

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