On voyeurism and exhibitionsim...

Humans are an interesting (if perverse) animal. Their behaviors can be so different from those of others in the animal kingdom.

Yes yes, you know we're supposed to be the most intelligent in the nature. We learn the ability to use tools, and sophisticated languages. The list goes on. Those are the good side.

On the flip side, there are humans (or, those who are or turn evils) who enjoy inflicting pains on others to derive pleasure. And then there are yet others who enjoy voyeurism and exhibitionism. Are there any animal species out there that do the same? I can't think of any.

Funny how the net for the military and academia, which evolves into the web for the general public, helps us in so many other ways. The positive ways. Now it's spinning into this social-networking scenes (aka MySpace, Facebook, etc) that allow people to voluntarily expose and exhibit themselves to an audience unbeknown to them (though some might think only their friends check them out).

And now, the interesting article in New York Times examining how the exhibitionism and voyeurism are taking a reverse spin to go from the web back to a physical format, in which people would choose to live in a glass house, and expose their every single (potentially crass and unsavory) details of their lives to anyone who cares to see. Surely there will be people out there who like to gawk into others' window to see how it's decorated or what the residents might be doing. But to expose oneself in the bathroom?!? What are these people thinking, really?