Which statement best describes Exhibitionistic Disorder?

• A. Fantasies about cross-dressing.
• B. Exposing genitals to unsuspecting victims.
• C. Fantasies involving sexual activity with a prepubescent child.
• D. Arousal from watching others naked.

Answer: (B)

Exhibitionistic disorder centers on recurrent, intense sexual arousal from exposing one’s genitals to an unsuspecting person, with the act often occurring in public and causing distress or impairment. The statement describing exposing genitals to an unsuspecting victim directly captures this defining behavior, making it the best description. Other options point to different paraphilias: cross-dressing fantasies relate to transvestic fetishism, fantasies about sexual activity with a prepubertal child to pedophilic disorder, and arousal from watching others naked to voyeuristic disorder.