Choking during sex – can it ever be safe?

You're horny. You're hooking up. It's hot and heavy. Then, a hand makes its way to your throat… wait WTF? Yup. Choking during sex has hit the mainstream.

Choking was once the kinda thing you'd only come across in the world of BDSM, but now thanks to our easy access to porn it's literally everywhere and young women are in its grip.

A recent study discovered almost 60 per cent of female college students have been choked during sex, with a quarter having been choked by the time they're 17.

Yumi Stynes finds out why some women love to be choked during sex and talks to others who aren't so enamoured with it.

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Featured in this episode: 

• Dr Debby Herbenick - Professor at Indiana University’s School of Public Health, sexuality researcher, educator and author of Yes, Your Kid: What Parents Need to Know About Today's Teens and Sex
• Aleks Trkulja – Sex therapist at The Pleasure Centre