“It Was Scary, But Then It Was Kind of Exciting”: Young Women’s Experiences with Choking During Sex
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"Choking/strangulation during sex is prevalent among young adults, with one study finding that 58% of women college students had ever been choked during sex. However, no qualitative study has examined women’s experiences with choking/strangulation during sex outside of intimate partner violence. The purpose of our qualitative interview study was to investigate women’s experiences with choking and/or being choked during partnered sex."
Often times women's' sexualities are over-looked and shamed. That's what makes this study about women's experiences of choking during sex so compelling! The study interviewed 24 undergraduate and graduate women students ages 18 to 33 with the intent to find out how women "communicate about choking, their learning about and initiation into choking, their feelings about being choked and choking others, as well as consent and safety practices used in relation to choking." The study includes the anonymous accounts of many of these women, including their introduction to choking as erotic, their experiences being choked/choking, and the style of choking they prefer.
To read these accounts and the study's conclusion, click here!