Rear Window, Alfred Hitchcock's 1954 thriller, captured many of the social anxieties of the Cold War era: paranoia, suspicion, surveillance. But it also ventured, on celluloid, into controversial territory: voyeurism, a daring subject for such sensitive, censorship-laden cinematic times. When most movie studios were making musicals and melodramas, Hitchcock crafted a suspenseful film about the thrill of spying on others. And though a grandiose Hollywood set was necessary to bring the auteur's vision to life, the main character never leaves his apartment.
She wants to see me have sex with another woman while she watches. I kind of want to try it, but I am afraid that she will ask for something else in return, e.g., sex with another man while I watch. She hasn't said this, but a few years ago, she let me go down on her friend, and for us to be equal, she went down on my friend, who's a man. She gets turned on by this voyeurism fetish.
Chinese national Chao Xu, 33, admitted to four counts of rape, eight of assault by penetration and four counts of sexual assault against six women, including three victims who have not yet been identified. The former University of Greenwich post-graduate student, who until recently ran a recruitment business, also admitted to two counts of administering a substance to incapacitate his victims and four counts of voyeurism against six more women who have also not yet been identified.
The ongoing investigation into the alleged voyeuristic filming of MMA fighter Conor McGregor has raised serious concerns about privacy rights and the ethics surrounding such incidents.