An expert in sexual behaviour has warned that strangulation porn has led to the practice becoming “really normalised” in real life. 

Last month, the British Government announced that choking or strangulation porn is to be banned in the United Kingdom. 

Minister for Victims and tackling Violence Against Women and Girls Alex Davies-Jones described it as “not only dangerous, but also degrading, with real life consequences for women.”

On Moncrieff, Ruth Breslin, Director of The SERP (Sexual Exploitation Research and Policy) Institute said it has become an increasingly popular form of pornography. 

“We did a piece of research which we launched last year with Women’s Aid, which was looking at the kind of links between pornography and the perpetration of violence against women and girls,” she said. 

“In that research, something that really stood out was this idea of strangulation. 

“When I wrote a piece about it last week in the Irish Examiner, I started on social media. 

“I just looked for videos on what in pornography is known as choking, but really what we’re talking about here is strangulation. 

“I found tens of thousands of bits of information; videos and other types of advice.” 

Ms Breslin added that these videos are all “very targeted" at young people, many falsely claiming that strangulation is safe. 

“The bottom line is every medical profession you speak to worth their salt will tell you, that there is no safe way to strangle somebody,” she said. 

“It’s the starkest example of how very violent content in porn is now shaping our sex lives and sexual behaviour in the offline world.”

Main image: A man viewing pornography. Picture by: Alamy.com.