The observation of something that feels deliciously wrong, or that you’re not supposed to be seeing, lies at the heart of voyeurism. In other words, the more illicit the liaison, the sexier it was to watch. This saucy imagery was at its most popular when the ‘butler’ caught a romp taking place between people of different classes the lord and the maid, or the lady and the stable boy. The concept of ‘ What the Butler Saw’ was hugely popular in Victorian Britain: a series of salacious tales and images based on male servants spying through keyholes, in hope of catching members of the family or staff having sex. “Why are so many of us turned on simply by watching other people taking sexual pleasure ,while we remain beyond the scope of their caress? Why do we enjoy reading and writing about people watching other people having sex? Over to Kay, sharing her insight on why voyeurism is so popular. It’s great to welcome back Kay Jaybee, chatting about her newly re-released physiological erotic ménage, novel, The Voyeur.
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