Frotteurism in Non-Space:
Over the past few months, and indeed the past decade, there has been a notable increase in reported incidents of frotteurism and sexual assault in- flight. Whilst it is possible that rates of reporting may be improving, making the problem appear to be on the rise, what is certain is that, in the United States, the Federal Bureau of Investigation currently investigates an average of four such incidents in-flight per month, a startlingly high figure, which suggests the problem merits careful examination and attention. Laura Bates takes up the challenge.
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rotteurism is a paraphilia in which sexual arousal or gratification is obtained by rubbing a part of the body against any part of another person’s body. Most frequently perpetrators are male and the part of the body being rubbed is the pelvis or genital area, with victims predominantly female and the genital areas often targeted.
In the relatively confined space of
an aeroplane, with the added factors of close passenger proximity and increased victim vulnerability due to sleep, anxiety or the ingestion of alcohol or sleeping tablets, it is easy to see why frotteurism presents a particular threat. However it is not the only form of
sexually predatory behaviour reported in-flight, with accounts of groping, fondling and even more serious sexual assault involving penetration also on record. In August this year, a woman on a United Airlines flight from Phoenix to Newark reported that she awoke to find that the male passenger next to her had his hands inside her shirt and shorts and was demanding that she kiss him. In the same month, a 22-year-old man was accused of groping the woman sitting next to him on a Hawaiian Airlines flight from the Philippines to Honolulu. Last year, a man was sentenced to a year in prison and fined $10,000 for groping a woman sleeping next to him on a Continental Airlines flight from Hong Kong to Newark and sliding his h an ds
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December 2012 Aviationsecurityinternational
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