The idea of voyeurism comes from the psychoanalytical theories of Sigmund Freud. It means the notion of looking and watching someone or something for entertainment without the person knowing. People who do this are more commonly known as peeping toms.
Voyeurism is used in the media particularly is music videos.
Laura Mulvey 1975 says that because most filmmakers are predominantly male, the presence of women is often solely for the purposes of display (rather than for narrative purposes).
This facilitates a voyeuristic response such as the male gaze which is a powerful and controlling gaze at women.
There is a lot of voyeurism used in rap music videos.
Here is a representation of this:
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