“Is this one of us?” reads a message-board headline. Attached is that video of the woman confronting her subway flasher. But the board commenters aren’t talking about her. Welcome to Dickflash, a twisted forum where flashers trade tips and tricks.
No one came forward to identify themselves in that video from the subway, the same one we posted yesterday, but my hours (and hours) on Dickflash at least revealed why the man in the video was wearing a condom while he flashed and rubbed up against his victims: Pros don’t jizz in their pants, so it’s recommended that newbies wear condoms or — and one contributor knows this “seems weird” — infants socks. As for the guy in the video, his biggest mistake was timing. A commenter named “Peter Pockets” explained: “Trains and busses are fun but only during off peak hours; 10:30am – 3:00pm, and late at night. Never get into a train car thats locked that prevents you from scrambling away.”
The forum is full of useful tips, such as:
- How to obtain fake license plates for “carjacking.”
- How to properly photograph the act — “the tasks of keeping the dick & female in the same frame while jerking and being aware of your surroundings is somewhat overwhelming while at a spa or outdoor park,” complained one commenter.
- How to hide your genitalia with books and newspapers, just enough to avoid being caught. “It is all about positioning,” commented the aptly-monikered “Crazy Jerking.”
Some flashers have even devised special attire for their outings. “Jerk Artists” wrote, “My favorite technique and one that i had just used 2 nights ago is using a modified hooded sweatshirt with the middle pockets cut out at the bottom to allow easy access to my already open zipper.” But for some it’s enough just to wear extremely tight pants and parade the bulge in front of women — and then post the photos on the forum; sharing the images is just another form of exhibitionism. The few descriptions of actual sex on Dickflash are often in the style of Penthouse Letters and are never as convincing as the flashing stories.
For the gentlemen on Dickflash, the targets are never accidental — there is lots of talk on the forums of teenage girls, and to a lesser extent female in-laws.
In a thread that polled users on whether they’d been arrested (click to enlarge the results), one poster laid out hard-learned ground rules: “No white women over the age of 25 unless you have a wicked getaway plan. Flash Asian women or Black women, Asian’s are too embarrased to call the cops and black women think it’s funny.”
Reading the account of one man, who cheerfully described “jerkflashing” on commuter rails where teenage girls are riding, I wondered if he was the guy who flashed me years ago, or the guy who did the same to my friend. But in reality, there are so many of these men out there.
The discussions of these acts rarely involves any thought of the targets, the victims, the objects. And that’s probably a key element to the mind of a flasher: A lack of empathy, an inability to connect with others.
These men know, however, that the more vulnerable the target, the more likely they are to get away with it. One man updates brags about taking in boarders and jerking off in front of them. Hotel maids are extremely popular targets; one man described jerking off in front of an overnight nursing home aide.
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