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the obtaining of sexual pleasure by looking at nude bodies, erotic photographs, etc, especially as a substitute for actual sexual participation

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scopophilic



In the now classic Freudian screen theory popularized by Laura Mulvey, the male gaze partakes in a scopophilic desire to look, but is threatened by the castrating power of the image of the woman

—p.213 Hiroki Azuma: Otaku Philosophy (204) by McKenzie Wark
notable
3 weeks, 6 days ago


Film had been a consciously scopophilic medium since the days of keyhole spying in early cinema works

—p.37 A Thousand Unblinking Eyes: A History (36) missing author
uncertain
5 years, 8 months ago


I don’t want to moralise about desire, be it scopophilia or any other kind.

—p.124 by Olivia Laing
uncertain
5 years, 1 month ago