Exhibitionism

Exhibitionism occurs because of different things: Usually, exhibitionists are extroverts. Exhibitionists often get a good feeling when they show their breasts, genitals or buttocks to strangers to shock or frighten them.

Less severe forms,are mooning,  streaking and flashing. 

Also note that to get attention, people must do this at a place we others do not expect it. Undressing before visiting a sauna, le taking off or changing clothes at a beach are perfectly normal. 

So there are different settings:

 There are certain medical conditions that make a person exhibitionist. An example of this  is  histrionic personality disorder. Exhibitionism is one of the symptoms of the condition. People may get good feelings from showing their naked breasts, genitals or buttocks. 
 Sometimes people have developed exhibitionist behaviors to compensate for things that they cannot get.
 More and more, people  take pictures or videos of themselves naked, or getting naked. They then upload this material on the internet. Sometimes they also get pleasure from such actions. 
 In some cases, people are not really exhibitionist, but they use nudity as a form of protest, or as a form of emphasis, to get their message across more easily.
 As outlined,  mooning, streaking and flashing are behaviors that some no longer consider exhibitionist.  

Many countries have laws against exhibitionism.

 Common use of the term 
All of the following are usually considered exhibitionist

 Nude in public 
There is a movement called "Nude in public", wehere people get nude. They then get pleasure from other people looking at them when they are nude, or when they get nude. This behavior is clearly exhibitionist

 Flashing and mooning 

 Streaking 
When people perform things in the nude, at a public event, this is usually called straking.  People enganging in this show up naked, at public events. 

Related pages

 Voyeurism

References

Category:Nudity
Category:Human sexuality