Sexual Choking/Strangulation During Sex: A Review of the Literature

D Herbenick, C Patterson, PJ Wright, K Kawata… - Current Sexual Health …, 2023 - Springer
Abstract Purpose of Review Sexual choking/strangulation—usually done as part of
consensual sex—has increased in prevalence among US adolescents and young adults …

Pornography consumption and sexual choking: An evaluation of theoretical mechanisms

PJ Wright, D Herbenick, RS Tokunaga - Health communication, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
Many researchers interested In the socializing effects of pornography have found heuristic
utility in the sexual script acquisition, activation, application model (3AM) of mediated sexual …

Prevalence of sexual strangulation/choking among Australian 18–35 year-olds

LS Sharman, R Fitzgerald, H Douglas - Archives of sexual behavior, 2024 - Springer
In Australia, strangulation has been explicitly criminalized in all states and territories.
However, it continues to be a “normalized” sexual practice despite its potentially fatal …

# ChokeMeDaddy: a content analysis of memes related to choking/strangulation during sex

D Herbenick, L Guerra-Reyes, C Patterson… - Archives of sexual …, 2023 - Springer
Recent research indicates that some young people initially learn about sexual choking
through Internet memes. Thus, a qualitative content analysis was performed on 316 visual …

Navigating consent in the context of sexual choking/strangulation: Findings from qualitative interviews with young adults

D Herbenick, L Guerra-Reyes, CP Perry… - Sexuality Research and …, 2024 - Springer
Introduction Sexual choking is a form of strangulation that involves using one's hands, limb,
or ligature to press or squeeze the neck, thus reducing blood and/or air flow, and has …

Sexual repertoire, duration of partnered sex, sexual pleasure, and orgasm: findings from a US nationally representative survey of adults

D Herbenick, TC Fu, C Patterson - Journal of Sex & Marital …, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
In a confidential US nationally representative survey of 2,525 adults (1300 women, 1225
men), we examined participants' event-level sexual behaviors, predictors of pleasure and …

Non-fatal strangulation/choking during sex and its associations with mental health: Findings from an undergraduate probability survey

D Herbenick, TC Fu, K Kawata… - Journal of sex & …, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
Choking/strangulation during sex is prevalent among young adults in the United States. We
examined associations between having ever been choked and participants' current mental …

Frequency, method, intensity, and health sequelae of sexual choking among US undergraduate and graduate students

D Herbenick, T Fu, H Eastman-Mueller… - Archives of sexual …, 2022 - Springer
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. In a campus …

Porn sex versus real sex: sexual behaviors reported by a US probability survey compared to depictions of sex in mainstream internet-based male–female pornography

N Fritz, V Malic, T Fu, B Paul, Y Zhou, B Dodge… - Archives of Sexual …, 2022 - Springer
Using data from a 2014 US nationally representative probability survey and a 2014 content
analysis of 2562 male–female videos from two popular pornographic websites, this study …

“If their face starts turning purple, you are probably doing something wrong”: Young men's experiences with choking during sex

D Herbenick, L Guerra-Reyes, C Patterson… - Journal of Sex & …, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
Choking/strangulation during sex has become prevalent in the United States. Yet, no
qualitative research has addressed men's choking experiences. Through interviews with 21 …