Lecture Notes
Zoophilic disorder, sometimes referred to as "bestiality," involves deriving sexual pleasure from animals. True zoophilic disorder occurs only when animals are the preferred sexual contact regardless of what other sexual outlets are available. Zoophilic disorder is classified as a coercive paraphilic disorder based on the assumption that the animal is an unwilling participant.
There is also voyeuristic disorder. This is the recurring, intense sexual urges and fantasies related to nonconsensual observation of others for the purpose of sexual arousal. The individual being watched could be nude, disrobing, or engaging in sexual activity. The observing individual must hide and remain unseen and a person or couple being watched must be unaware of their presence. The excitement of these individuals is intensified by the possibility of being discovered. The person viewing may masturbate or imagine having sex with the observed person.
The majority of those with voyeuristic disorder are young men who seek out females they find sexually attractive. These men are primarily heterosexual, lack social and sexual skills, and fear rejection. Unfortunately, due to technology, we now have video voyeurism. This is the use video cameras to take pictures or video of a person in private places as they change clothes, shower, or engage in sexual activities. Health clubs, gyms, and cell phones have made video voyeurism easier, and women are usually the target, but it also happens to men. Technology not only makes video voyeurism easier to record but also to distribute as well. Images and videos are often uploaded to the internet as a means of mass distribution. Severe psychological harm of the victim can occur upon discovery. States are now beginning to enact laws against video voyeurism. In 2008, Erin Andrews, an ESPN reporter, was secretly videotaped in her hotel room after getting out of the shower. The tape posted online and went viral. The man that filmed the video was charged and served jail time for creating and distributing the video. Andrews spent years trying to get the video removed from the Internet. When a video like this surfaces, many view it not thinking of the personal distress and humiliation of the victim in the video. In our seemingly accessible and viral world, think how you would feel in the victim's situation and make sure that you do not contribute to someone else's invasion of privacy.
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