page_title: Exhibitionism
section_title: Types of exposure
hierarchical_section_title: Exhibitionism / Types of exposure
caption_attribution_description: English: Mooning students at Stanford University (protest and World record attempt); 1995.
context_page_description: Exhibitionism is the act of exposing in a public or semi-public context those parts of one's body that are not normally exposed – for example, the breasts, genitals or buttocks. 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. Exposing oneself only to an intimate partner is normally not regarded as exhibitionism. In law, the act of exhibitionism may be called indecent exposure, "exposing one's person", or other expressions.
context_section_description: Various types of behavior are classified as exhibitionism, including:
  Anasyrma: the lifting of the skirt when not wearing underwear, to expose genitals.
  Candaulism: when a person exposes his or her partner in a sexually provocative manner.
  Flashing: the momentary display of bare female breasts by a woman with an up-and-down lifting of the shirt or bra or 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. The act is most often done for the sake of humour, disparagement, or mockery.
  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 kettle on 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.
  Streaking: the act of running naked through a public place. The intent is not usually sexual but for shock value.
  Telephone scatologia: the act of making obscene phone calls to random or known recipients. Some researchers have claimed that this is a variant of exhibitionism, even though it has no in-person physical component.
  The DSM-5 diagnosis for exhibitionistic disorder has three subtypes: exhibitionists interested in exposing themselves to non-consenting adults, to prepubescent children, or to both.
caption: Students mooning at Stanford University, intended as an unspecified protest and a world record attempt
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