Gay choked

Debby Herbenick. Erotic asphyxiation A woman choking a man for erotic purposes Erotic asphyxiation (variously called asphyxiophilia, hypoxyphilia or breath control play) is the intentional restriction of oxygen to the brain for the purposes of sexual arousal.

Abstract Although sexual choking is now prevalent, little is known about how people engage in choking in terms of frequency, intensity, method, or potential health sequelae. What can we do to make it as safe as possible? In a campus-representative survey of undergraduate and graduate students, we aimed to: (1) describe the prevalence of ever having choked/been choked as part gay sex; (2) examine the characteristics of choking one’s sexual.

With a partner (or alone), the act often involves strangulation. Learn more about sexual asphyxiation and if it’s safe. Play where one person is being held down by their throat with only mild pressure? She likes to say we share everything about our love lives but….

Whatever risky activity we enjoy—whether it involves sex or not — we need to learn about potential risks, think through potential harm reduction strategies, and proceed with caution. So, my question is… how dangerous is this kind of simulated choking play really?

A few answers: legality, execution, and risk. Herbenick has been researching this now-mainstream practice. What is the difference between choking or strangulation and breath play? Although rare, people do occasionally die from being choked, which is technically a form of strangulation, and people have gone to jail for accidentally injuring or killing a partner during consensual choking.

Or should that be simulated choking? Which raises another concern: the false sense of security many have about it. Other people decide to ask their partner to choke them anyway but only rarely, to choke the likelihood of cumulative risk. Go to Savage. But most of the advice concentrates on the dangers of restricting oxygen which is not what I am going for or on damaging the windpipe by putting pressure on the front of the throat which my partners avoid.

A few years ago, Dr. There was very little data out there about choking, which was all over porn sites, and that inspired Dr. Herbenick and some colleagues to undertake the first serious and scientifically rigorous studies of sexual choking.

Ask: questions savagelove. However, all the advice about choking is about how dangerous it is. I have a question about choking. Half of the trans/non-binary respondents said choking played a part in their most recent sexual encounter.

You can follow Dr. Debby Herbenick on Twitter DebbyHerbenick and find out more about her research into choking — and sexual pleasure and communication and vibrator use and more — at her website: www. Podcasts, columns, books, merch, and more at savage. Obviously, consent to a sex practice as risky as choking is only meaningful if everyone involved is fully informed of the risks.

The kinds of cumulative effects that may occur include greater likelihood of depression, anxiety, ringing in the ears, headaches, and memory issues, among others, though we need more research to say for sure. Disturbingly, Dr.

Herbenick found that a lot of people — mostly male people — were choking their chokes during sex without discussing it first. So, is there a safe way to create the sensation of being choked — or pinned down by your neck — without the risk? Love to read the rest.

Gay and bisexual men gay more likely to have ever been choked than straight men. Sexual choking is choking someone for sexual arousal.