William Etty's Candaules, King of Lydia, Shews his Wife by Stealth to Gyges, One of his Ministers, as She Goes to Bed, 1820:
This post, with poll, is about voyeurism as an erotic or sexual practice; it's not concerned with mooning, skinny-dipping, streaking, rubbernecking and even window-shopping. Furthermore, the post isn't concerned with non-consenting and illegal acts of voyeurism such as flashing, revenge porn and upskirting.
Voyeurism, according to Wikipedia, "is the sexual interest in or practice of watching other people engaged in intimate behaviors, such as undressing, sexual activity, or other actions of a private nature."
Voyeurism can take many forms. One form is candaulism in which one person shows their naked partner, including images of their naked partner, to others for pleasure. This form of voyeurism is named after Candaules, the king of Lydia - see William Etty's painting above.
Voyeurism can be done in person in real time live (eg going to a peep show, strip club, sex show, etc). It can be done virtually (eg watching a cam show). And voyeurism can be done from afar not in real time (eg looking at porn in a magazine or on the internet, watching a sex video or film).
In my swinging years, some couples did not want sex with others. Their kick was watching another couple having sex or having another couple watching them have sex. Essentially these couples were swinging voyeurs. These couples didn't interest me and my then partner; we wanted sex with others, full swap in the same room.
Voyeurs need exhibitionists, whether willing or unwilling. An exhibitionist needs a voyeur or at least the thought of a voyeur. Lady Godiva needed Peeping Tom!
Lady Godiva and Peeping Tom of Coventry, c1820:
Have you engaged in voyeurism as an erotic or sexual practice? And if so, did you like it?
Have you engaged in exhibitionism as an erotic or sexual practice? And if so, did you like it?
What do you like best, being a voyeur or an exhibitionist?
I've engaged in many forms of voyeurism - watching porn, going to a peep show, a strip club and a sex show, and attending sex clubs and sex parties. Being a voyeur doesn't do a lot sexually for me. Going to a peep show, a strip club and a sex show just left me cold.
However, there were three occasions when I enjoyed being a voyeur. First, I used to enjoy doing a strip tease and masturbating while on the balcony overlooking my then girlfriend downstairs in the lounge. She would then strip and masturbate but she soon got the message to come upstairs to fuck.
Second, there was one time at a sex club when my partner got on all fours naked while I found a stranger to fuck her from behind while I watched. That was hot, very hot.
Third, at sex parties it was a big turn-on watching other couples having sex while having sex in the same room. Once there were about ten people having mingling sex on the lounge floor covered with duvets and pillows. That was very hot as well.
Voyeurism is a turn-on but I do want to get involved. I'm much more of an exhibitionist than a voyeur. I get too impatient just watching. I want to get involved! When it comes to sex, I'm far more of a do-er than a see-er.
James Gillray's Sir Richard Worse than Sly, Exposing his Wife's Bottom; - O Fye!, 1782:
Below is a poll where you can anonymously indicate your experiences of voyeurism and exhibitionism. Multiple selections are allowed for the poll.
This post follows on from my FANCY A FACIAL?, FANCY A CHOKE?, FANCY A RIM?, FANCY A SPIT-ROAST?, FANCY A SPANK?, FANCY A WAX?, FANCY A ROLE?, FANCY A GOLDEN SHOWER? and FANCY A TITFUCK? blog posts in a series about various sexual acts. Below, as the first comment, is a summary of the results of a poll contained in my second-to-last blog post on watersports (see FANCY A GOLDEN SHOWER?) and, as a second comment, is a summary of the results of a poll contained in the my last blog post on titfucking (see FANCY A TITFUCK?).
Eugène Delacroix's Louis_d'Orléans Devoilant une Maitresse (Louis d'Orléans Showing off his Mistress), 1825-1826:
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