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There is a disturbing rise in the numbers of teenage boys demanding rough sex and choking partners as young as 12, new research revealed.

A recent survey by Dr. Debby Herbenick, known to be one of the foremost researchers on American sexual behavior, questioned 5,000 women anonymously at a ‘major Midwestern university,’ the New York Times reported. 

Almost two-thirds of women who responded said they had been choked by a partner during sex – but an even more worryingly statistic emerged: 40 percent were between the ages 12 and 17 the first time choking happened.

During a previous survey, the figure was far fewer at 25 percent (or one in four). 

Experts warned that the normalization of rough sex during popular culture, the widespread accessibility of pornography and social media are driving this trend. 

A concerning trend shows an increase in teenage boys demanding rough sex, including choking, from partners as young as 12. Porn and popular culture appears to be to blame. Pictured, Dakota Johnson and Jamie Dornan in the 2015 film Fifty Shades Of Grey

In last year’s single, by Jack Harlow, ‘Lovin On Me’ begins with the lyrics: ‘I’m vanilla baby, I’ll choke you, but I ain’t no killer, baby.’ 

The survey’s findings corroborate those of another writer and researcher specializing in sexual behavior, Peggy Orenstein, a sexuality researcher and college professor, who notes the rise in the choking phenomenon during sex.

Orenstein states how she was startled in early 2020 when during a Q&A at a high school, a 16-year-old girl came to her asking: ‘How come boys all want to choke you?’ 

Then in a separate class a 15-year-old boy asked: ‘Why do girls all want to be choked?’ 

One of the most common forms of rough sex is referred to as ‘choking’, although specifically it is a form of strangulation as it sees pressure being placed on the neck.

Bother Herbenick and Orenstein say strangulation is becoming more widespread. 

Autoerotic asphyxia – when someone restricts oxygen to their own brain for the purposes of arousal – isn’t new, with cases documented since the early 17th century. 

But, historically, it has been ‘niche’ and an overwhelmingly male pastime.  

 Peggy Orenstein, a sexuality researcher and college professor has noted the rise in the choking phenomenon during sex

Dr. Debby Herbenick, known to be one of the foremost researchers on American sexual behavior, questioned 5,000 women anonymously. 1 in 4 said they were choked between the ages of 12 and 17

‘Sexual strangulation, nearly always of women in heterosexual pornography, has long been a staple on free sites, those default sources of sex ed for teens. As with anything else, repeat exposure can render the once appalling appealing. It’s not uncommon for behaviors to be normalized in porn, move within a few years to mainstream media, then, in what may become a feedback loop, be adopted in the bedroom or the dorm room,’ Orenstein writes in a piece for the New York Times. 

‘Twenty years ago, sexual asphyxiation appears to have been unusual among any demographic. That’s changed radically in a short time, with health consequences that parents, educators, medical professionals, sexual consent advocates and teens themselves urgently need to understand.’

Popular culture appears to have much to answer together with how widely accessible pornography has become, coupled with the influence of social media.

Herbenick recalls how during a 2008 episode of HBO’s ‘Californication,’ the practice of choking was depicted where it was still both unusual and startling.

The trend only accelerated following the release and success of ‘Fifty Shades of Gray’, the booking coming out in 2012 and film three years later.

By 2019, it appeared to have been normalized with a high school girl being choked in the pilot episode of HBO’s ‘Euphoria’ and 2023’s ‘The Idol’.

In last year’s single, by Jack Harlow, ‘Lovin On Me’ begins with the lyrics: ‘I’m vanilla baby, I’ll choke you, but I ain’t no killer, baby.’

Herbenick told the New York Times she is concerned at how widespread rough sex has become among young people and is keen for all parents, teachers and caregivers to be aware of the trend and possible harm it can cause. 

In her book, Herbenick describes ‘rough sex’ as a varied group of sex acts including choking, smothering, spanking and slapping. 

She noted how during sexual activities between women and men, the woman is nearly always the person on the receiving end of rough sex, and the man is nearly always the person doing the choking or slapping or smothering. 

Her research appears to suggested that many young people believe  sex is supposed to be rough. 

Young men learn about rough sex from pornography, whilst young women pick up on it from social media memes and TikTok. Both sexes also pick up on ideas about rough sex from friends and popular culture including music and TV shows. Pictured Dakota Johnson in 50 Shades of Grey

In another survey from last year the average age at which young people first see pornography, whether on purpose or by accident, is 12 years old. 

It means many teenagers are now watching pornography several years before they are ever sexually active with a partner. 

The continual bombardment and exposure to rough sex through porn in turn sets up expectations as to how sex is ‘supposed’ to be. The ideas are also not being countered by proper sex education in schools or at home.

Herbenick says that when college students are asked why they participate in rough sex, they generally say because it feels exciting or adventurous.

If they don’t take part, they worry they will be branded as boring or be ‘vanilla shamed’.

She notes how some young men worry they won’t be viewed as masculine if they don’t choke or slap their partner.

Herbenick states that young men learn about rough sex from pornography, while young women pick up on it from social media memes and TikTok. 

Both sexes also pick up on ideas about rough sex from friends and popular culture including music and TV shows.

She reassures that they’re not bad people if they’re interested or have tried this – just merely responding to the world around them from popular culture, social media or perhaps after being asked by a partner.

But she wants parents to inform their children of the dangers rough sex can bring – namely that choking and strangulation can cause brain damage and death with no ‘safe’ way to choke anyone. 

Those who are being choked find it hard to breathe or speak meaning a person’s ability to give consent or being asked to stop are often not possible.

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The Slender Man Stabber had her petition to leave a mental hospital rejected after she failed to convince a judge she was no longer dangerous. 

Morgan Geyser, now 21, was 12 years old when she brutally stabbed her friend Payton Leutner, also 12, almost 20 times in 2014 in an unhinged plot to appease the online horror character. 

She had requested to leave Winnebago Mental Health Institute on conditional release, arguing that she had previously faked psychosis symptoms and was no longer a threat to society. 

Despite testimony from two psychiatrists who argued in her favor, Judge Michael Bohren ruled there was ‘clear and convincing evidence’ that Geyser should remain in custody. 

Morgan Geyser is pictured in a Milwaukee court Thursday, where two experts warned she was too dangerous to release. A judge agreed, and she will remain in custody 

Geyser’s accomplice Anissa Weier, 19, (pictured) was released from the Winnebago Mental Health Institute in 2021 after a judge ruled that she is no longer a threat to anyone

Payton Leutner was almost killed in 2014 aged just 12, after Morgan Geyser and Anissa Weier stabbed her a Milwaukee wood – then claimed that a supernatural figure called the Slender Man had told them to do so 

Geyser appeared in court Thursday handcuffed, and was sporting a new look with a partially shaved head and a haunted expression on her face. 

In 2014, she was ordered to spend 40 years in psychiatric hospital following the crazed attack on Leutner. 

She and her friend Anissa Weier lured Leutner to a wooded area in a Milwaukee suburb during a sleepover, where Geyser stabbed her 19 times while Weier egged her on. 

Geyser stabbed her across her arms, legs and torso, hitting major arteries and severing her diaphragm. The two attackers then told Leutner to lay down while they got help, leaving her for dead before Leutner was found by a cyclist.  

They claimed they were motivated by the supernatural figure ‘Slender Man’, sparking a moral panic over potential copycat attacks as the character swept the internet. 

Both Geyser and Weier told detectives they felt they had to kill Leutner to become Slender Man’s ‘proxies’, or servants, and that the character would kill their families if they didn’t follow through. 

Geyser pleaded guilty to attempted first degree intentional homicide, and was initially diagnosed with schizophrenia spectrum disorder. 

The girls claimed they carried out the attack to become servants for the fictional horror character Slender Man (Depicted in artwork, above)

Geyser pictured in 2014 in her mugshot after the notoriously-brutal attack

Weier seen in her 2014 mugshot after she and Geyser stabbed Payton Leutner 19 times 

However, she has been off antipsychotic medications since 2022, and her doctors claimed she was recovering without any new symptoms in her request for conditional release, reports Fox8Live. 

Dr. Ken Robbins, who recommended she moved to a supervised group home, testified that she has ‘improved quite dramatically.

‘The kinds of things Morgan needs in my view — help with socialization, help with education, help with becoming independent — are things Winnebago can no longer provide in an effective way,’ he said. 

Dr. Kayla Pope, medical director at the Winnebago hospital where Geyser has been since 2018, also argued for her release. 

‘She has actively participated in therapy, medication management and all the treatments that are available,’ Pope said. ‘At this point she is safe to return to the community. I don’t know that much more could be done to make her safer.’ 

However, other psychiatrists argued against her release, feeling she still poses a threat to society. 

‘It’s my opinion to a reasonable degree of professional certainty that she currently presents a significant risk of bodily harm to herself or others if conditionally released,’ Dr. Deborah Collins said.

Another psychologist, Dr. Brooke Lundbohm told the court: ‘That would be rather remarkable. That would be very callous as well,’ of Geyser’s claims that she’d previously faked psychosis symptoms.

Both Geyser and Weier told detectives they felt they had to kill Leutner to become Slender Man’s ‘proxies’, or servants, and that the character would kill their families if they didn’t follow through. (pictured: Geyser in court on Wednesday) 

Psychologist Dr. Deborah Collins told the court that Geyser was still too dangerous to release

Collins added that if she had to estimate when she thought Geyser could be released from the hospital, it would be in six to 12 months.

‘I know she’s not ready now,’ Collins said.

‘We have issues with being able to reliably trust her own self appraisal,’ Lundbohm added.

‘If the person is not able to have insight into their mental health condition, the potential warning signs, the triggers that could cause decline, have insight into the kinds of treatment that may be beneficial – it raises a lot of concerns,’ Lundbohm testified. 

Judge Bohren said he remained troubled by Geyser’s changing stories over the attack, claiming to have faked her psychosis and saying the stabbing came as part of a plan to escape her allegedly abusive father, https://chungchinghecacloai.com/ who is now deceased. 

‘Her credibility is at issue. She’s changed her position,’ Bohren said. ‘Until that credibility is resolved, the risk is high,’ he added. 

Following the hearing, Geyser’s attorney Tony Cotton argued she had not changed her story, and the stabbing was due to a trauma related mental disorder instead of schizophrenia. 

‘Time will show she is a healthy and stable person who needs to be released to the community. Time has shown that,’ he said. 

Geyser admitted to manipulating Weier into believing in Slender Man.

Weier was previously granted conditional release from a mental institution in 2021. 

She has been living with her father ever since, wearing a GPS monitor under supervision. 

Geyser seen at a previous court appearance in September 2017. She has remained in some form of custody since her arrest in 2014 

In response to the vicious crime, Eric Knudsen, who created Slender Man in 2009, said that he was ‘deeply saddened’ to hear about it.

‘I am deeply saddened by the tragedy in Wisconsin and my heart goes out to the families of those affected by this terrible act,’ Knudsen said. 

Leutner spoke out about the horrifying ordeal, which left her traumatized for months and covered in 25 scars, for the first time in a docu-series called Inside The Verdict: Slender Man last fall. 

She described how during the attack Geyser told her: ‘Don’t be afraid. I’m only a little kitty cat.’

The girls then fled the woods, leaving Leutner for dead.

They later told detectives that they believed Leutner would not survive.

‘So, we told her we we’re gonna get help, but we really weren’t. We were going to run and let her – pass away,’ Weier told detectives.

Geyser, after describing the crime in a separate interview, became worried about how much she had revealed.

In a clip from her interrogation, she confessed: ‘I might as well just say it, we were trying to kill her. Will I regret giving you this information later?’

Both Geyser and Weier apologized for their actions during their sentencing hearings, but the judge determined that neither were mentally fit to be released.

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