From the modern to the postmodern, new ways of establishing relations with others have come to light, and in this process image has taken its place alongside spoken and written discourse. This article presents reflections on voyeurism, as described by Freud from a classical psychoanalytical perspective as a trait of singularity in the shaping of the subject’s sexuality, which results from looking in the construction of subjectivity in postmodern men and women, that can be seen in today’s television reality shows (shows of life). Giving importance to these changes and their implications to desire lead us to new forms of discontent in the contemporary world
Voyeurism; desire; reality shows; psychoanalysis; postmodern bad habits