Not to nit, but poor choice of words. Voyeurs enjoy what they watch. You sound more like a helpless witness...
I knew that it was a kind of odd choice of words, but I meant it to imply a level of guilt for not supporting the victims. Actually, the lesbian came on to my mother after my father died and drove my mother to a psychiatrist who told her that the woman was just a lesbian and that it was normal for my mother to feel uncomfortable around her.(He also told my mother that what she needed was a good man and that he was available, whenever she was ready) We told my mother that the woman couldn’t be a lesbian because she was married and had a family and besides, we liked her coming over and cleaning our house while we were at school. Then when our friend told us that the woman was doing unspeakable things to her daughters, we still were in denial. A big part of it was that we didn’t understand perversion.