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Autoerotic Hanging
Q from a Male, Sophomore student at
Youngstown. I've heard of the practice of
"autoerotic hanging." Could you explain what it
is?
Dr. Caron's Answer: Let me begin by
stating that this is a very dangerous practice -
too often leading to death by asphyxiation.
According to Gary Kelly, author of Sexuality Today,
autoerotic hanging is accidental death from
pressure placed around the neck during
masturbation. Some people, usually boys or men,
have found that wearing a noose around the neck,
which causes reduced oxygen to the brain, can
enhance erotic pleasure and orgasm. They will
devise various hanging techniques from which they
can cut themselves loose prior to loosing
consciousness. What these individuals do not
realize is how easy it is to lose consciousness
when pressure is placed on the carotid artery in
the neck. The FBI estimates that between 500-1,000
people die accidentally each year from this sort of
sexual activity. It is believed that the practice
is more widespread than commonly assumed. Families
of victims are often confused about the sexual
nature of the death and are embarrassed about
reporting it as such. Partly for the same reason,
the dangers of this kind of bondage have not been
widely publicized to young people.
© 2008, Sandra L.
Caron
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It is not sex that gives the pleasure, but the
lover. - Marge Piercy
American teens have the worst of all
worlds...Our children are bombarded and confronted
with sexual messages, sexual exploitation, and all
manner of sexual criticism. But our society is by
and large sexually illiterate. Faye Westheimer
Dr. Sandra L.
Caron is a professor of human sexuality at the
University of Maine. To submit a question to Dr.
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