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Choking during sex: many young people mistakenly believe it can be done safely, our study shows (theconversation.com)
submitted 2 weeks ago by maniacalmanicmania@aussie.zone to c/australia@aussie.zone
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cross-posted from: https://lemm.ee/post/60635674

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[–] eureka@aussie.zone 12 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Confidential, cross-sectional online surveys were conducted with 4702 Australians aged 18–35 years. [...] A total of 57% reported ever being sexually strangled (61% women, 43% men, 79% trans or gender diverse) and 51% reported ever strangling a partner (40% women, 59% men, 74% trans or gender diverse).

There's no way I could guess the number would be that high. It's very unintuitive.

If I'm reading that chart correctly (disclaimer: im tired) then of the 57% who reported being strangled, the last time it happened, 25% of them didn't consent, and of the 51% reporting they strangled a partner, 16% report their partner didn't consent.

I just can't empathise with that. How are that many people convinced it's ok to just spontaneously strangle a person. I'm always shocked by how common SA is because it's just not talked about as much as it happens.

[–] vividspecter@lemm.ee 14 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

This is also concerning:

Here, there was a general presumption that consent could be provided once, and no further consent or negotiation at subsequent events would be required.

I kind of roll my eyes at the consent subjects that are becoming mandatory at universities thinking this stuff is obvious, but clearly people actually need this education.

[–] DragonTypeWyvern@midwest.social 5 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

People literally need to be taught not to rape, yes. Humans don't have instincts in the proper sense, they need to be taught literally everything and assuming parents did their job is... Unwise, especially with literal rapists like Tate controlling the kind of content young men in particular are shown