Survey reveals crisis of distress, consent issues and physical harm caused by strangulation during sex
‘I think it’s natural’: why has sexual choking become so prevalent among young people?
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.
More than half of people under the age of 35 have experienced it, with nearly a third wrongly believing there are safe ways to strangle someone.
