Recent research has confirmed that cutting off the blood from the brain can potentially cause physical harm, such as brain damage or cardiac arrest. Being choked is also associated with mental health issues, including feeling depressed, anxious, sad, and lonely. Repeated choking seems to compound these harms, increasing the risk …
Please participate in this Choking Survey! The survey will take approximately 15 minutes of your time. Questions will ask about your beliefs and attitudes toward sexual choking, as well as about specific experiences if you’ve engaged in choking. NCSF and UNC Charlotte will use these results to help perform its advocacy …
By Susan Wright, MA, NCSF Spokesperson The prevalence of sexual choking has grown rapidly in the past several years among adults under the age of 40. In 2021, a campus-representative survey of over 4,200 University students found that most of the choking participants (88.9%) understand that people can die from …
Last Chance to Take the 2025 NCSF Survey! https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/C9QKX62
Russell J. Stambaugh, a psychotherapist, sex therapist, and researcher, was a leading advocate for professional sex education about the kink and non-monogamy communities. Despite the stigma and marginalization of this population, Russell made it his mission to educate about consent and clinical cultural competency for professionals, a group that includes …
________________________________ ________________________________ Find out about NCSF’s survey of Service Professionals! Nearly 1 in 3 (30%) of kink and/or polyamory aware professionals experienced stigma that affected themselves (e.g. aggression) or their work (e.g. loss of job/referral). Only 63% of those who are alt-sex aware advertise themselves that way, with 64% of …
The 2020 Consent Survey Report by the National Coalition for Sexual Freedom and UNC Charlotte’s Drs. Jessamyn Bowling and Rob Cramer focuses on nonconsensual experiences within the alt-sex communities. Encompassing kink, polyamory, leather, fetish, and swinger communities, these individuals often face marginalization and stigma. Based on a survey of nearly …
