UK bans porn depicting act that has become a ‘sexual norm’

In June 2025, News.com.au ran an article about the UK banning pornography depicting strangulation. This article will be useful to people engaging in, or considering engaging in sexual choking, as well as service providers and healthcare providers working with people engaging in, or considering engaging in sexual choking. The article features comments by Karen Bevan,…

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Workforce training: Strangulation, sexual choking and acquired brain injury  

The lack of data about women’s experiences of strangulation in the context of domestic, family and sexual violence, and consensual sexual choking, impacts service providers’ ability to implement best practice screening and assessment. Developed in May 2025, this recorded training shares information gathered, and key insights learnt by Women’s Health NSW in rolling out the…

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When abuse masquerades as ‘rough sex’

In June 2025, Newsroom (New Zealand) ran an article about health risks associated with sexual choking. This article will be useful to people engaging in, or considering engaging in sexual choking, as well as service providers and healthcare providers working with people engaging in, or considering engaging in sexual choking. It is written by a New Zealand…

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Non-fatal strangulation: Supporting patients in general practice

This webinar was put on by Central and Eastern Sydney Primary Health Network for primary healthcare providers. It was designed to share the latest information on non-fatal strangulation in the context of domestic, family and sexual violence, and in consensual sexual choking. It focused on the important role primary healthcare providers play in identifying, screening…

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Sexual choking: A health promotion approach

This resource is for service providers and healthcare providers who want to take a health promotion approach to address sexual choking. By taking a health promotion approach to sexual choking, and focusing on improving health literacy and strengthening capability, we can we can equip people with the information they need to find ways to lower…

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