The Ethics of Looking And The “Harmless” Peeping Tom

Watching people’s stories on screen can be fascinating and exhilarating, but the act of looking can also feel uncomfortable, invasive, even violating. And underpinning these uncomfortable moments we often find alarming messages about the role of consent. PATREON Support this project on Patreon: PAYPAL Make a one-time donation via PayPal: WISHLIST Send research materials for video essays: PODCAST LINKS Apple Podcasts Spotify: Google Podcasts: REFERENCES • Intrusions by Melissa Febos • Girlhood (2021) by Melissa Febos • Ways of Seeing with John Berger, Episode 2 (1972) • Visual Pleasure and Narrative Cinema by Laura Mulvey SUBTITLES • You can help make subtitles for this video on Amara: TEXT TRANSCRIPT • #more COMMENTS All YouTube comments are held for approval. If you’d like to participate in constructive online conversations about this video, please share it on your social media networks. FAIR USE All multimedia clips included in this video constitute a ’fair use’ of any copyrighted material as provided for in Section 107 of U.S. Copyright law, which allows for criticism, comment and scholarship. Learn more about fair use with this awesome app by New Media Rights! VIDEO LINK FOR EDUCATORS • Internet Archive video link CREDITS Writer/Editing: Jonathan McIntosh Outro music: Rick Lopez