Contents:
- Medical Video: The artist is on trial for showing off the vagina in front of a monalisa painting
- What is exhibitionist?
- What are the characteristics and signs of an exhibitionist?
- What causes someone to be exhibitionist?
- Can exhibitionism be cured?
- What if I meet exhibitionist who is "in action"?
Medical Video: The artist is on trial for showing off the vagina in front of a monalisa painting
Although the name may be unfamiliar to your ears, exhibitionism is a behavior that you may have encountered. To give a picture of what an exhibitionist is like, let's look at the following illustration:
"When they are waiting for public transportation, suddenly a motorcycle taxi driver on line stop the motorcycle in front of them. The ojek driver then open the pants until the genitals are visible….” (News excerpt from Kompas.com)
Have you ever been in this condition? Imagine the terror you feel, especially if you are a woman. Well, the mental illness shown is known as exhibitionism.
What is exhibitionist?
An exhibitionist is a person who likes to show genitals in public or unknown people. Maybe this sounds "sick" to almost everyone, but for some exhibitionists, this is their way of impressing others, according to Stephen Hart, a forensic psychologist.
Exhibitionism is a psychological disorder of the type of parafilia, according to Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM) V. While parafilia itself is a sexual desire that tends to be extreme and unusual. For exhibitionists, displaying their genitals in public gives their own sexual pleasure.
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Men, compared to women, are more likely to have abnormalitiesshowing her genitals. According to Match.com, one of the most popular online dating sites, at least 45% of women have been sent photos of male genitals, or more popularly known as dick pic, by prospective date friends. However, not only men, women also turned out to have a tendency to suffer from this exhibitionism mental illness, even though the numbers were not as many as men. In the United States, the tendency of exhibitionist in one large population is 2-4%, even less for women. In a survey conducted in Sweden with 2,450 respondents, the exhibitionime rate in men compared to women was 4.1 for men and 2.1 for women.
What are the characteristics and signs of an exhibitionist?
If a person feels high sexual desire to show his genitals to an unknown person for at least six months, and that desire has been expressed in behavior, be careful. This is the criteria for someone having exhibitionism.
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Same with the criteria above, for people who feel high sexual desire by showing their sex to an unknown person, but never show their genitals, they may not have exhibitionism. All depend on sufferers, if the patient feels anxious, obsessed, embarrassed, or guilty, that person may have exhibitionism. But for people who don't feel these negative feelings, that person is only diagnosed with exhibitionism sexual attraction (that is, that person not suffering from exhibitionism disease).
What causes someone to be exhibitionist?
Many factors can cause someone to be said to be exhibitionist. Biological factors due to excessive production of the hormone testosterone can make a man have aberrant sexual behavior. In addition, emotional violence in childhood and family role dysfunction can also cause this mental illness. Children with ADHD in childhood turned out to have a relationship with adult life suffering from exhibitionism, according to research from Harvard University. In addition to the above factors, there are many other factors and interactions of several factors that can cause a person to become an exhibitionist.
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Can exhibitionism be cured?
One way to try to recover from exhibitionism is to seek help from a psychologist or psychiatrist. Psychological therapy can be done to reduce the appearance of this behavior. In addition, the use of drugs such as SSRI antidepressants (Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitors) It is considered necessary to be combined with this psychological therapy. Some psychiatrists might suggest using antiandrogen drugs, namely drugs that can reduce the production of testosterone in men.
What if I meet exhibitionist who is "in action"?
According to Stephen Hart, the best way to meet exhibitionists who are in action is to get away from the situation as quickly as possible without responding to the face. If exhibitionist approaches, immediately run faster and shout for help. But if you find that you are "captured", you can do things that can destroy the fantasy of the sufferer, such as urinating in your pants, according to Pamela Kulbarsh, a psychiatrist.
