The porn industry masters simulated voyeurism, blurring genuine voyeurism from staged footage

Evidence

It is common to hear camgirl spectatorship described as voyeuristic, but is this term really applicable? Orthodox psychology defines voyeurism as a sexual fetish in which an unseen viewer spies on an unsuspecting body that is “naked, in the process of disrobing, or engaging in sexual activity.” The term enjoys a wider usage among the general public: a search for ‘voyeur’ on Google yielded over 24 million hits, directing viewers to Web sites of widely differing content, yielding differing viewer responses. The fact that some of these hits represent actual voyeurism, while most represent simulated voyeurism, can be cause for confusion. People feel understandably anxious after reading stories about ‘Peeping Toms’ who have begun posting their footage of unsuspecting victims on sites like YouTube. Yet while orthodox voyeurism exists online, most commercial ‘upskirt’ cam sites primarily draw on footage from paid sex workers. Just as the porn industry has mastered the production and manufacture of ‘amateur’ sex, so too has it mastered presentations of what only appears to be voyeurism. — Theresa M. Senft, Camgirls, 316

Categorization

• QUESTION: This claim that most ‘upskirt’ footage comes from paid sex workers invites follow-up on how the boundaries between amateur, semi-pro, and manufactured performance blur online.
• XREF: connects to: Actors treated porn cameos as usable legit footage — Dolores DeLuce, Blow Jobs: A Guide to Making It in Show…, 246

Broader Connections

• Actors treated porn cameos as usable legit footage #expands (0.78) — Dolores DeLuce, Blow Jobs, 246