Parents should 'urgently' discuss sexual choking with their children

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https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-09-16/talking-to-your-kids-about-sexual-strangulation/107137054

Research in 2024 surveyed 4,702 young Australians aged 18 to 35 and found 57 per cent had been strangled during sex.

There is an “urgent” need for parents to discuss the risks of sexual strangulation with their children, says Vanessa Hamilton, a sexual health educator and author of Talking Sex: A Conversation Guide for Parents.

“This is such a serious issue. The average age of exposure to pornography is 13 years old — and as young as eight — in Australia.

“Our kids need us to help navigate that. They have a human right to accurate information about their bodies and respectful relationships.”

Useful article. Helps parents with knowing how to talk about this and the difference approach in talking to girls and boys.

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Sex education need to be a major focus in general. This specific focus on choking in response to a single death is a moral panic that is going to obfuscate the broader issues.

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The death of this young girl has put a very sad focus on it. There has been quite a lot information in the public about the dangers of sex choking for some time, especially in the last couple of years. The following quote from 2024 is just one example.

choking a person during sex can cause brain injury, even when the person remains conscious, and even when there are no visible injuries. It can also cause death.

“The risks associated with brain injury increase with each subsequent strangulation,” Douglas said.

“So it’s a little bit like head injury in that injuries can accumulate. Miscarriage can also result from strangulation, and can occur a week or months down the track. Strangulation can lead to stroke. There can also be an incremental reduction in memory.”

https://www.theguardian.com/society/article/2024/jul/02/risk-of-serious-injury-as-strangling-during-sex-becomes-normalised-among-young-australians

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God damn, and here I thought I was just protecting myself from liability by refusing when asked.

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Yeah, first you make sex themes awkward and then you SUDDENLY need to explain some dangerous sex-related nuances.

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Choking related deaths need to be charged as murder.

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Downvoters believe it is okay to choke someone to death…

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Or maybe your having a moral panick over the fact that people have sex and like to be choked. There are safe ways and not safe ways. Education fixes this shame worsens it What your doing is discouraging conversation and being a bigot.

Source last 10 years of my kinky life. On both sides of a leash and collar

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You are clearly anti education, not just due to your spelling.

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