Male Sex Disorders

Exhibitionism

is the act of exposing in a public or semi-public context those parts of one's body that are not
normally exposed – specifically the genitals or buttocks of a man or woman, or the breasts of a woman.
The practice may arise from a desire or compulsion to expose themselves in such a manner to groups of
friends or acquaintances, or to strangers for their amusement or sexual satisfaction or to shock the
bystander.

Types of exposure
Various types of behavior are classified as exhibitionism, including:

 Anasyrma: the lifting of the skirt when not wearing underwear, to expose genitals.
 Flashing: chiefly the momentary display of bare female breasts by a woman with an up-and-down
lifting of the shirt and/orbra. It can also involve the exposure of a man's or woman's genitalia.
 Martymachlia: a paraphilia which involves sexual attraction to having others watch the execution of a
sexual act.
 Mooning: the display of bare buttocks by pulling down of trousers and underwear. There tends to be
a gendered double standard in this case: with males, the act is most often done for the sake of
humour, disparagement, or mockery, as opposed to sexual excitement, whereas with females, the
reverse tends to be true, and sexual arousal (or at least sexual attention) of those mooned is the
intent.
 Streaking: the act of running nude through a public place. The intent is not usually sexual but for
shock value, including when done by a female.
 Candaulism: when a person exposes his or her partner in a sexually explicit manner.
 Reflectoporn: the act of stripping and taking a photograph using an object with a reflective surface
as a mirror, then posting the image on the Internet in a public forum. Examples include "images of
naked men and women reflected in kettles, TVs, toasters and even knives and forks". The instance
generally credited with starting the trend involved a man selling a kettleon an Australian auction site
featuring a photograph where his naked body is clearly visible, other instances followed, and the
specific term "reflectoporn" was coined by Chris Stevens of Internet Magazine.
 Telephone scatologia - Some researchers have claimed that this is a variant of exhibitionism, even
though it has no in-person physical component.

Classification
 Class I: Fantasizing Exhibitionists
 These people fantasize about exhibiting their genitals to unsuspecting persons, but are too timid
to actually carry out their fantasies. They tend to remain happy merely with their exhibitionistic
fantasies. They may turn to zoophilic exhibitionism to fulfill their fantasies, since it apparently is a
safer activity.
 Class II: Pure Exhibitionists
 These people are content with just showing off their genitals from a distance and masturbating.
They do not touch their victims or actually do them any harm.
 Class III: Exhibitionistic Criminals
 These offenders are primarily exhibitionists, but they also engage in other sexual crimes,
especially pedophilia and child molesting. Upon finding a child alone, their sexual behavior may
start with exhibitionism, but may progress to child molestation. These are more dangerous to the
society and obviously need more attention.
 Class IV: Exclusive Exhibitionists
 These offenders cannot form normal romantic relationships with persons of the opposite sex and
cannot engage in normal sexual intercourse. For them, exhibitionism is the sole outlet for sexual
gratification. Such exhibitionists do not seem to have been reported in literature so far, but based
on the theory of paraphilic equivalence, it can be predicted that these exhibitionists do exist in
society and they will be reported sometime in the future. Behaviorally, they lie on the extreme end
of the paraphilic continuum since they cannot form normal romantic relationships with other
individuals. However, in a legal sense, class III exhibitionists may be more dangerous as they
also resort to criminal activities.