sexual asphyxia

The intentional restriction of airflow, often by an adolescent male, during ‘rough sex’, sexual rituals or cross-dressing sexuoeroticism; ligatures around the neck transiently decrease O2 to the brain, increasing sexual excitement; if the person does not loosen the ligature after orgasm—when voluntary control is at a nadir—death may occur

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sexual asphyxia

Erotic self-strangulation Forensic medicine, sexology The intentional restriction of airflow, often by an adolescent ♂, during 'rough sex', during a sexual ritual or during cross-dressing sexuoeroticism; the passing of a ligature around the neck transiently ↓ O₂ to the brain to ↑ sexual excitement; if the person does not loosen the ligature after orgasm, sexual asphyxia occurs, death may occur

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