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• JULY 15TH, 2014
WANTED: THE TICKLER, AN EXPLORATION INTO FROTTEURISM
SHOW RECORD DATE: SATURDAY JULY 19TH, 2014
Compiled By: Tawne Bachus
All Rights Reserved © 2014
Introduction:
The “Boston Tickler’s” Rise to Infamy:
According to Boston.com, the original “Boston Tickler” story ran in
October 2013 (pictured online). This story reported an eye witness
account by a Junior at Boston College named Teddy Raddell. He reported
being jolted out of sleep by a roommate who went frantically yelling and
running out of their bed room and down the stairs at approximately 5 am
one Sunday morning. This roommate was chasing a complete stranger, who he said had been touching his feet,
while he was sleeping.
The assailant got away. Like all other victims, these students reported that nothing was stolen.
How did he get his name?
Boston.com originally called him “the Tickler”. Barstool sports tried the “Ticklemonster”. Jon Stewart referred to
him as the “Boston Weirdo”.
Then on May 27, 2014, Boston.com broke the story wide open with an
article that immediately began gaining social media traction. Within about
24 hours after this story, traffic on Twitter, Buzzfeed and the Washington
Times began to gravitate toward the name the “Boston Tickler”.
It is believed that this was the name that stuck because of
its similarity to the more lethal serial criminal, the “Boston
Strangler”, who murdered 13 women in and near Boston,
MA, in the early 1960’s (pictured online). The Boston
Strangler’s real name was Albert DeSalvo. His victims
ranged in ages from 19 to 85 years of age. The average of
of his victims: 50 years old. His first 6 victims were over 55 years of age.
He earned his nickname because he sexually assaulted his victims and
then killed them by strangulation.
As a calling card, he left nylon stockings at the scene of 7 of the 13 victims.
On October 27, 1964, a stranger entered a young woman's home posing
as a detective. He tied the victim to her bed, sexually assaulted her, and
then suddenly left, saying "I'm sorry" as he went. The woman's description
of her attacker led police to identify the assailant as Albert DeSalvo.
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DeSalvo was sentenced to life in prison in 1967. In February of that year, he escaped with two fellow inmates
from Bridgewater State Hospital, triggering a full scale manhunt. A note was found on his bunk addressed to the
superintendent. In it, DeSalvo stated that he had escaped to focus attention on the conditions in the hospital and
his own situation, but the next day he gave himself up. Following the escape he was transferred to the maximum
security Walpole State Prison where, six years later, he was found stabbed to death in the infirmary (similar to a
clinic or a hospital). His killer or killers were never identified. (4)
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Switching gears to modern times, In a May 27 , 2014 article, buzzfeed.com reported that the Boston Tickler had
struck at least 10 times in the Chestnut Hill, MA area.
However, by that time, Boston College students had already been reporting Boston Tickler attacks for
approximately 2 years. Initial reports described him as being a 5’8” tall, black male in dark clothing wearing a
hoodie. Some of these students also reported that they had seen this man watching them (aka voyeurism) through
a window while they were having sex.
Sgt. Michael O’Hara commented on this case saying “You don’t know what this guy is going to do or if he has a
weapon. You need to lock your doors. It’s not as safe as you think.” (5)
By now, the police had plenty of time to construct a profile of the Boston Tickler. We assume that some of the
items on this profile had to include the following:
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He is targeting college aged men
He “attacks” in the early morning hours (I believe like 3 am – 5 or 6 am).
He doesn’t seem to have a lot of fear. He appears to have no problem attacking people living with
roommates, who are also home at the time of the attack (and that’s kind of crazy to me).
He seems to attack upstairs (I read several news stories that included a detail about him fleeing downstairs
to leave the home).
He doesn’t appear to carry a weapon.
He doesn’t appear to steal anything.
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He’s entering homes through unlocked doors and often the front door.
And of course, his physical features, as described earlier.
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On Wednesday morning of June 11 , 2014, wcvb.com (“Boston’s News Leader”) broke a new story about the Boston
Tickler. Apparently he had broken into 3 homes the day before the story was published.
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The first attack occurred at 3:50 am (6)
In one of these attacks, another college-aged male living with roommates, reported being woken up to a
man hunched over his feet. David Master, a roommate in the house, woke up to the screams of the victim.
The Boston Tickler then easily began to flee from the scene.
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At the time this June 11 story broke, another victim came forward and reported an attack one week before these
three attacks. This victim lived in an off-campus house. There were also no comments about this victim having any
roommates. However, he said he woke up to a man wearing a ski-mask. He also said that as soon as he made eyecontact with the Boston Tickler, he ran downstairs and out the door. (7)
What makes the Boston Tickler tickle? A glimpse into frotteurrism.
First, we’ll examine the literal definition, as per the Webster Marian Dictionary (merrian-webster.com):
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frot·teur·ism noun \-ˌiz-əm\The paraphiliac practice of achieving sexual stimulation or orgasm by touching
and rubbing against a person without the person's consent and usually in a public place—called
also frottage.
para·phil·ia noun \-ˈfil-ē-ə\: a pattern of recurring sexually arousing mental imagery or behavior that
involves unusual and especially socially unacceptable sexual practices.
Second, according to the DSM-V (Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders) a person has Frotteurism
(pgs. 691-694) if that person:
• Over a period of at least 6 months, has recurrent and intense sexual arousal from touching or rubbing
against a non-consenting person, as manifested by fantasies, urges, or behaviors.
• has acted on these sexual urges with a non-consenting person, or the sexual urges or fantasies cause
clinically significant distress or impairment in social, occupational, or other important areas of
functioning.
• The Basics:
o Frotteurism was first recognized as a specific paraphilia in the revised third edition of revision of
the American Psychiatric Association’s Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSMweb: radio3way.com • e-mail: customercare@radio3way.com • twitter: @radio3way • facebook.com/radio3way • page: 3 of 9
III-R). The DSM-III was published in 1980 and was revised in 1987. It described 265 diagnostic
categories in 494 pages.
A new DSM is
released once
every 12.4
years on
average (2014
– 1952 = 62 /
5 = 12.4).
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Sidenote: The origins of the DSM date back to 1840, when the government wanted to
collect data on mental illness. The term “idiocy/insanity” appeared in that year’s census. By
the 1880 census, seven categories of mental health were distinguished: mania,
melancholia, monomania, paresis, dementia, dipsomania, and epilepsy.
Sidenote: the DSM-I was published in 1952 and featured a description of 106 disorders.
Sidenote: The DSM-II was published in 1968 and featured 182 disorders.
Sidenote: the DSM-III-R from 1987, contained 292 diagnostic categories in 567 pages.
Sidenote: The DSM-IV was published in 1994 and listed 297 disorders in 886 pages.
Sidenote: The DSM-V was published in 2013 and contains 947 pages.
May occur in up to 30% of the general adult male population.
There appear to be substantially fewer females with frotteuristic sexual preferences than males.
Most perpetrators are males aged 15-25 years, but Frotteurism has also been noted to be common
among older, shy, socially or sexually inhibited individuals. (1)
The vast majority of victims are females. (1)
10-14% of adult males observed in outpatient settings exhibited Frotteuristic behavior.
Most males report becoming aware of their sexual interests in “surreptitiously (secretly) touching
unsuspecting persons during late adolescence or emerging adulthood.
This activity is often done in circumstances where the victim cannot easily respond, in a public
place such as a crowded train or concert.
People with frotteurism may hold a vast number of jobs, specifically however in 2002, a
Doctor named Martin McDonald began a small crime spree (11).
• He was practicing medicine in Poplar Bluff, MO with 2010 population of 17,023.
• In 2002, he was formally charged and placed on a seven-year probationary period
for providing 4,000 Xanax tablets to his office manager for extracurricular use.
• In 2005, he was given an additional 10 years of probation for improper relations
with a patient for performing unnecessary and inappropriate breast exams.
• The St. Louis Post-Dispatch found that McDonald told the State Board of
Registration for Healing Arts that he was a diagnosed frotteur.
• Shockingly, the Board didn't suspend his license but just extended his probation
until 2017 and made a mandatory suggestion that he seeks mental health
assistance from a certified health care practitioner.
• Following this lack of action by the Board, McDonald was released to fondle 6
more women in 2 different Missouri counties.
(Dr. McDonald)
Although there is no minimum age for the diagnosis, frotteuristic disorder can be difficult to differentiate from
conduct-disordered behavior without sexual motivation in individuals at younger ages. So to properly identify
frotteurism (especially in younger people), observations must be made over time.
Frotteuristic disorder, by definition, requires one or more contributing factors that may change over time with or
without treatment:
• Subjective distress (e.g., guilt, shame, intense sexual frustration, loneliness).
• Psychiatric morbidity. Psychiatric morbidity generally refers to the incidence of both physical and
psychological deterioration as a result of a mental or psychological condition. The term usually applies to
those who are acutely aware of their condition, despite the mental deterioration.
• Hypersexuality and sexual impulsivity.
• Psychosocial impairment, often marked by severe depression and substantial and persistent functional
impairment.
• The propensity to act out sexually by touching or rubbing against non-consenting persons.
• The course of frotteuristic disorder is likely to vary with age. As with other sexual preferences, advancing
age may be associated with decreasing frotteuristic sexual preferences and behavior.
Causes of Frotteurism:
The causal relationship to frotteurism is uncertain and the specificity unclear, however a few theories do exist (10):
• Social incompetence hypotheses speculates that frotteurism arises because of certain psychological
disturbances (e.g., extreme shyness, mental retardation, psychopathology, etc.) that lead to social
incompetence, and therefore limit access to consenting partners. Negative childhood experiences, including
sexual abuse, may have led to the development of the sexual disorder.
• Sex drive hypotheses speculates that frotteurism arises because of high sex drives and/or the inability to
control sex drives.
o Differences in the brain of a frotteur exist that cause a lack of impulse control.
o Random Arousing Bump: An incident occurred in which the individual accidentally rubbed up
against someone in a crowded area and became aroused, thus causing such an activity to become a
conditioned stimulus for sexual arousal.
• In summarizing Lussier and Piche’s main argument (more on them later), Dr. Niklas Langstrom said in a 2010
issue of the Archives of Sexual Behavior that “frotteurism is strongly reinforced behaviorally by immediate
sexual gratification with very little cost and investment (albeit at the expense of another person)”.
Can Someone with Frotteurism get Treatment? (1)
Some with Frotteurism can get help through a few different avenues:
• Psychotherapy: treating mental health problems by talking with a psychiatrist, psychologist or other mental
health provider. During psychotherapy, one hopes to learn about their condition and moods, feelings,
thoughts and behaviors, how to take control of one's life and respond to challenging situations with healthy
coping skills.
• Behavior Therapy: the frotteur must learn to control the impulse to touch nonconsenting victims.
Medroxyprogesterone acetate, a predominantly female hormone, is sometimes prescribed to decrease
sexual desire.
• Those who engage in frotteurism may want to consider seeking out communities and individuals who are
willing to engage in frotteuristic roleplay scenarios or games like “Edgar Rice Frotteur”, previously called the
“Awkward Tarzan Griding Game” (explained in the Games section below).
• Comorbidity (conditions occurring with frotteurism): hypersexuality and other paraphilic disorders,
particularly exhibitionistic disorder and voyeuristic disorder. As well as, conduct disorder, antisocial
personality disorder, depressive disorders, bipolar disorders, anxiety disorders, and substance use disorders.
o one study by Dr. Kurt Freund and colleagues on 144 frotteurs found that 68% also had at least one
other paraphilic behaviour (with exhibitionism and voyeurism being the most common).
o Another 1991 study of 60 men published in the Archives of Sexual Behavior by Dr. T. Templeman
and Dr. R. Stinnet reported similar results. (10)
And, while we are on this subject, the U.S. National Library of Medicine and the National Institutes of Health
republished a study that was originally completed and published in a December 30, 2006 issue of an international,
multidisciplinary journal titled the “Progress in Neuro-Psychopharmacology & Biological Psychiatry”. This article
reported that certain drugs prescribed for Parkinson’s Disease induced the development of frotteurism.
Specifically, this study reported the case of a 51 year old male with Parkinson’s Disease, who began taking
“dopaminergic” drugs for Parkinson’s Disease and developed frotteurism, according to neurologists, only because of
these drugs. In addition to frotteurism, this 51 year old also developed “delusional jealousy”. Evidentially, the
patient presented “abnormal” deteriorative mild motor impairment and additional lack of or negligible cognitive
function, thus providing evidence that these disorders were not typical of advanced Parkinson’s Disease. As a
result, Pergolide was reduced and Quetiapine, an atypical neuroleptic, was introduced with subsequent subsiding
of the paraphilic disorder and improvement of delusional jealousy. (9)
The Evolution of Frotteurism:
The term “frotteurism” comes from the French verb “frotter,” meaning “to rub.” Originally, frotteurism was also
known as “frottage”.
“Toucherism” is a term closely related to frotteurism. These terms are effectively interchangeable—the only minor
difference being that “toucherism” refers specifically to hands-on groping acts and fantasies, while “frotteurism”
refers to both hands-on and hands-off acts and fantasies.
A person who suffers from frotteurism is known as a “frotteur”.
Frotteurism is particularly common in Japan, where it is known as “chikan” and is regarded as a public safety
problem, as it occurs on crowded trains, buses, elevators and at bike stands. (2)
Similarly, a research study including 459 undergraduate college students in a major U.S.
metropolitan city was conducted on frotteurism and concluded that it most often occurs in
places related to public transportation (buses, trains and subways, for example). (3)
Impact on Society (Who’s doing it and how many victims are there?):
Ever seen a
Japanese
porno?
The guy’s
personal
private area is
all blurred out.
Much of the academic and clinical research on frotteurism has been conducted on individual
case studies, most of which identified the frotteur as a pathological opportunist.
Definition: path·o·log·i·calˌ paTHəˈläjikəl/ (adjective)
1. involving, caused by, or of the nature of a physical or mental disease.
2. compulsive; obsessive.
As well, a large amount of the research conducted on frotteurism, has been completed on people while they were
incarcerated, which may have an impact on the study results.
That being said, two professional criminologist, Dr. Patrick Lussier and Dr. Lynn Piche, reported the following
statistics about the prevalence of frotteurism in children and adults, in a 2008 book (10):
• Non-clinical samples of children: Between 4% and 10% of US children commit activities of frottage, while
between 6% and 8% have touched others’ sexual parts. There may be cultural differences, as rates of sexual
touching in Swedish children (aged 3 to 6 years) were as high as 25%.
• Clinical samples of children and adolescents: Between 26 and 46% of sexually victimized children have
committed acts of sexual touching with between 22% and 34% having committed acts of frottage. Between
6% and 19% of juvenile sex offenders have a history of sexual touching or frotteurism against a nonconsenting partner.
• Non-clinical samples of adults: Based on some fairly large-scale surveys, approximately 30% of the general
population of adult men has committed at least one act of frotteurism.
• Clinical samples of adults: Based on a number of studies comprising various paraphilias and paraphiliarelated behaviours, approximately 10% have committed acts of frotteurism.
Editor’s Note: I find it interesting that in the studies done on adults, the percentage of people committing frotteurism
dropped dramatically from the Non-Clinical to the Clinical results. Is this because the adults knew they were being
watched?
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A 1987 study by Dr. Gene Abel and his colleagues published in the Journal of Interpersonal Violence, found
that their sample of 62 frotteurs had a mean (the average your used to, where you add up all the numbers
and then divide by the total number of numbers) of 849 acts of frotteurism but a median (the single middle
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value in a list of values) of only 29. This means that the 31 person on this list, had committed only 29 acts
of frotteurism.
A 1993 study by Dr. J.A. Shaw and colleagues published in the Bulletin of the American Academy of
Psychiatry and the Law reported that of the 25 juvenile sex offenders they examined: 15 acts of frottage had
been committed, for a mean number of about 0.6 acts per sex offender.
Editor’s Note: These numbers indicate that a few people (perhaps just the top 5) at the top of this list, committed an
extremely large volume of the number of frotteurism acts that were counted.
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A later 2001 study also published in the Journal of Interpersonal Violence by Dr. S.C. Zolondek and
colleagues included about 80 frotteurs. They reported that the mean number of victims as 9 and the mean
number of acts as 15.
Frotteurism in Modern Pop-Culture:
To be quite frank, it was extremely difficult to find examples of frotteurism anywhere.
Movies About Frotteurism:
The list of movies about “Frotteurism” is apparently limited to 3 films (please correct me on this by emailing
customercare@radio3way.com).
Each of these films is old and French, but none were actually related to our subject, resulting in a short list of movies
that are lost in the translation somewhere. Perhaps, the use of the word frotteurism declined in the original French
language as a new use for it emerged in the English language. It would be logical to conclude that the French may
not have wanted their use of this word to be confused with the newer and rapidly growing, darker English version.
As mentioned early, in this article, the term “frotteurism” comes from the French verb “frotter,” meaning “to rub.”
In context of use, the French term appears to be applied only to situations involving the cleaning of inanimate
objects, like windows.
That being said, here is the short list of films about “frotteurism”:
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Le frotteur (1907): a short film about the World’s worse cleaning man. Youtube has an excerpt from this
film at http://youtu.be/cLvO9gFh67M.
Le mariage du frotteur (1914): a short film aka “the Marriage of a Cleaner”.
Le jour du frotteur (1932): aka “Day of the Wiper/Cleaner”.
To make a long story short, if you would like to see movies or videos that show frotteurism, as it relates to our
subject, YouTube is probably your best option. I watched quite a few videos shot on phones that had plenty of
older gentleman in public rubbing on innocent bystanders, mostly women, who looked shocked and horrified…
especially those who looked down to see someone’s chubby friend poking at them through their pants.
Games Container or Permitting Frotteurism:
Edgar Rice Frotteur (8) was designer & developed by Adam Henriksson (from Sweden) with Thomas Perl, Johann
Sebastian Joust creator: Doug Wilson, and Proteus musician: David Kanaga. They created this game at the 2012
Nordic Game Jam. It is played over a 48 hour period and was originally titled “the Awkward Tarzan Grinding
Game”.
The Game is played with a slew of PlayStation Move controllers, all precariously hung with long rope from the
ceiling. Each controller glows with a particular color (blue, green, yellow, red and clear). The rules stipulated that all
players must be hanging on to two like-colored “vines” at any given moment and the object is to corner other
players into tangled positions where it was impossible for them to move (pictures and video online).
On a sidenote, the Nordic Game Jam is online at nordicgamejam.org. Unfortunately we missed this one this year
too, just as we missed the IG Nobel Prizes mentioned in our first podcast on Necrophilia. In 2014, the Nordic Game
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Jam was held from February 14 – 16 , at Aalborg University in Copenhagen, Denmark. Their logo is a picture of a
globe with a Viking helmet with horns.
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It cost 250 Krones or $45.50 USD to be a participant
It costs 5 Krones or $0.91 USD to go and just watch
It is one of the biggest game expos in Europe with over 45,000 convention attendees (editor’s note:
comicon 2014 in Phoenix, AZ had 78,000 attendees (according to Wikipedia, but local news outlets
reported this number over 90,000 attendees).
Presentations of the latest games and best hardware.
Gaming tournaments
Retro Gaming Zones
And, of course, the “Game Jam,” where people get together and create new games.
For more information in English, please visit: http://ztg.pl/invade-poland
A copy of their logo is directly below…
The subject in Fashion:
Finding information on this subject in fashion, was just as difficult as finding
information in the other areas of pop culture, but if you happen to want “unofficial”
Boston Tickler merchandise visit Campus Teez.
They created “Wanted” t-shirts that have a picture of Elmo, wearing a ski mask
(pictured online).
They’re on sale for $18 and at the time this article was beginning to be written (July
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6 , 2014), 122 people had marked that they were attending the Facebook presale
event and 122 x $18 = $2,196 …not too bad.
Humor Related to Frotteurism:
Riddle #1:
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Q: What is the best way to deal with frotteurs?
A: Sand paper pants.
Riddle #2:
• Q: What's about six inches long and produces a white,
frothy substance when rubbed back and forth and in and
out?
• A: A toothbrush.
Mock “Wanted” Poster… … … … … … … … … … …
Works Cited:
(1) http://www.soc.ucsb.edu/sexinfo/article/frotteurism
(2) http://medical-dictionary.thefreedictionary.com/frotteurism
(3) “Sexual abuse : a journal of research and treatment”: 2014 Mar 4 pg by Clark SK, Jeglic EL, Calkins C, Tatar JR.
PubMed ID: 24598839
(http://www.unboundmedicine.com/medline/citation/24598839/More_Than_a_Nuisance:_The_Prevalence_and_C
onsequences_of_Frotteurism_and_Exhibitionism_)
(4) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boston_Strangler
(5) http://www.buzzfeed.com/rachelzarrell/a-serial-tickler-is-breaking-into-boston-homes-and-terrorizi
(6) http://dailycaller.com/2014/06/10/the-boston-tickler-strikes-again
(7) http://www.wcvb.com/news/serial-tickler-targeting-men-in-brighton/26430364#!9ruZr
(8) http://venuspatrol.com/2012/10/off-the-vine-a-closer-look-at-awkward-grinding-game-edgar-rice-frotteur
(9) http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16904253. Prog Neuropsychopharmacol Biol Psychiatry. 2006 Dec
30;30(8):1539-41. Epub 2006 Aug 9. “Hypersexual behaviour, frotteurism and delusional jealousy in a young
parkinsonian patient during dopaminergic therapy with pergolide: A rare case of iatrogenic paraphilia.” By Cannas
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A , Solla P, Floris G, Tacconi P, Loi D, Marcia E, Marrosu MG. PMID: 16904253.
(10) http://drmarkgriffiths.wordpress.com/2012/08/10/rubbing-someone-up-the-wrong-way-a-beginners-guideto-frotteurism - “Rubbing someone up the wrong way: A beginner’s guide to frotteurism” by Dr. Mark Griffiths.
Posted August 10, 2014.
(11) The Pitch Blogs. “Dr. Martin McDonald, diagnosed frotteur, is accused of fondling 12 unwilling breasts.”
By Mandy Oaklander on Mon, Jan 3, 2011 at 4:18 PM. http://www.pitch.com/FastPitch/archives/2011/01/03/drmartin-mcdonald-diagnosed-frotteur-is-accused-of-fondling-12-unwilling-breasts.

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