What is Stalking?
[[File:Leopard (Panthera pardus pardus) stalking.jpg|thumb|Leopard, stalking]] [[File:Butorides virescens stalking.jpg|thumb|Butorides virescens stalking]] '''Stalking''' means following something or somebody [[secret]]ly. In the [[animal kingdom]], [[predator]]s often hunt by stalking, or by combining stalking with [[ambush]]ing. Someone who likes to watch other people is known as a [[voyeur]]. When this is continually done to a person it can have a bad effect. == Criminal stalking == Stalking in a way that makes someone feel unsafe is a crime in many countries. It is not just one event but an ongoing process that threatens or makes the victim feel scared. Someone who does this is called a stalker. The stalker may do this because they want to be involved in that person's life, because they want to have power over that person's life, or for other [[sex]]ual reasons. The stalker can make that person feel scared. They may feel they do not have the power to stop the stalker. [[Psychologist]]s say stalking is a way of hurting someone's mind.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sociosite.org/cyberstalking_en.php|title=SocioSite: EIGENAARDIGHEDEN VAN CYBERSPACE: CYBERSTALKING|website=www.sociosite.org|access-date=2006-10-30|archive-date=2012-05-22|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120522043358/http://www.sociosite.org/cyberstalking_en.php|url-status=dead}}</ref> Sometimes a stalker may go on to hurt that person's body by assaulting, [[rape|raping]] or [[murder|murdering]] that person. [[Celebrities]] are often stalked. [[Taylor Swift]], [[Kim Kardashian]], [[Rihanna]], [[Jennifer Lopez]], [[Kendall Jenner]] and [[Kylie Jenner]] often have stalkers.<ref>[https://amp.scmp.com/magazines/style/entertainment/article/3250437/9-celebrities-who-have-faced-terrifying-stalkers-over-years-pop-stars-taylor-swift-harry-styles]</ref> == Celebrities == People with [[Celebrity Worship Syndrome]] often stalk celebrities.<ref>[https://encyclopedia.pub/entry/29538]</ref> == Cyber-stalking == Stalking can sometimes be done on the