"An anti-trafficking campaigner has welcomed the ban on pornography featuring strangulation, known as choking, saying it will help stop young people thinking it is a normal and safe practice. Samantha Browne, who suffered exploitation as a teenager in the adult industry, said the ban would help prevent children mimicking violent sex they have seen onscreen, and she hoped it would open the door to ending other forms of abusive pornography."
"The reality is that this industry is pushing abuse, it's normalising abuse, and it's now infiltrating our young people to the point of possible no return, she said. Browne described being shocked when she visited a school and a child under 16 asked his teacher how to choke a girl so that she doesn't pass out. Kids are turning into abusers because this is what they're seeing, she said. When's it going to stop?"
"Though strangulation has become a mainstream act in porn, research shows it is fundamentally unsafe, as brain injuries can occur even when there is no loss of consciousness or visible sign of harm. Studies carried out specifically on women who have been repeatedly choked during sex show markers for brain damage and disruptions in brain hemispheres linked to depression and anxiety."
The amendment to the crime and policing bill will criminalise possession or publication of pornography featuring strangulation or suffocation, and platforms will be required to prevent its availability in the UK. Enforcement may be complicated by the fact that most pornography consumed in the UK is produced overseas. Samantha Browne experienced exploitation from age 16 and reports long-term harm from repeated choking during sex. Research links strangulation during sex to brain injuries, markers of brain damage, and disruptions associated with depression and anxiety. Concerns include normalisation of abusive sexual practices among young people and instances of minors asking how to perform choking.
Read at www.theguardian.com
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