"More than two in five sexually active under-18s in the UK have either been strangled or strangled someone during sex, research has found, despite the serious dangers of the practice. Choking, as it is commonly known, has become normalised in young people's sexual habits, the study by the Institute for Addressing Strangulation (Ifas) showed, with 43% of sexually active 16- and 17-year-olds having experienced it."
"The survey also revealed a crisis of distress among those on the receiving end, with 36% saying they felt scared during the experience and 21% suffering dangerous physical symptoms, including dizziness and even loss of consciousness. It also showed a consent gap, with more perpetrators of strangulation believing their partner had consented to it in advance than those who had experienced it, with 1% saying they had explicitly not agreed to it the last time it happened."
"In recent years, choking has become part of a dangerous drift towards increased violence in mainstream pornography, which was cited as the biggest source of information about the practice among the respondents. Pornography featuring strangulation and suffocation is to be outlawed in the UK at the end of this year, with a legal requirement placed on tech platforms to prevent users from seeing such material."
More than two in five sexually active under-18s in the UK have either been strangled or strangled someone during sex. Choking has become normalised among young people's sexual habits, affecting 43% of sexually active 16- and 17-year-olds and more than half of people under 35. Nearly a third wrongly believe there are safe ways to strangle someone. Distress and physical harm are common: 36% felt scared and 21% reported symptoms such as dizziness and loss of consciousness. A consent gap exists between perpetrators and recipients. Mainstream pornography is the chief information source, and the UK will ban such depictions.
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