August 28, 2026 — 4:33pm

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The death of a 16-year-old girl in a suspected case of sexual choking this week has shone a light on a pervasive practice that our society has an urgent duty to address.

Within the past decade, strangulation has rapidly moved from the fringe into a mainstream sex act that young people have become dangerously complacent about.

Research shows more than half of Australians aged 18 to 35 have been strangled at least once during sex, a figure that has risen in line with the ubiquity of violent pornography and…

Read the full article at SMH.COM.AU