Are "peeping toms" harmlessly satisfying their curiousity?

Violating someone else's privacy is never harmless.

Harmlessly? NO! Apparently you have never had a peeper in your neighborhood. If they are curious about something, they need to go on down to the xxx book dealer and satisfy their curiosity somewhere else than outside people's window!!

not in my opinion -most of them want to take it further and thats not harmless

No.

IMHO, anyone can satisfy there needs and jollies however they want as long as they harm no one else.

They are violating the privacy of others.

Mae,

So let me see if i got this right?

peeping leads to porn and porn leads to serial killing?

Peeping is atrocious. The whole idea about porn and violence seems a little half-baked. After all, most people have seen porn or what it in moderation. So if your theory is correct that 85% of Americans would be violent or even serial killers... Illogical as hell.

Only if his cell mate is only harmlessly satisfying HIS curiosity when perverted "tom" gets locked up for invading my privacy.

Depends on their intent and how far they take it -
but i guess i'm biased, I love Hallam Foe.

they are satisfying more than their curiosity. toms who look at women masturbate while they are watching. which is another way of saying they were having non consensual sex at an emotional level.

It's not harmless if it's violating someone else's privacy.

No, for peeping toms are feeding their depraved nature in gazing on skimpy clad women and or nude ones, and it is that possibility that leads to porn, and may be to crime. After all, many serial killers started out with porn. They end up wanting what they dreamed up so long ago and use violence to take it, and that violence changes or takes lives.

No, and if you are in a relationship with someone and find out that they had been a peeping tom, you may seriously want to evaluate your relationship. I was in a relationship with a previous peeping tom and it fell apart because he had serious issues especially with porn. I wouldn't say he was violent or would be a serial killer as someone else mentioned. But he was seriously lacking in the healthy sexual relationship department... turns out he watched porn every day at work too