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Strangulation in pornography to be made illegal (www.gov.uk)

submitted 1 month ago by LadyButterfly@piefed.blahaj.zone to c/feminism@beehaw.org

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The depiction of strangulation in pornography will be banned in a move to protect women from violence, the Government has announced.

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[–] TehPers@beehaw.org 3 points 1 month ago (1 children)

...dangerous online material is perpetuating the growing epidemic of violence against women and girls...

Serious question because I actually don't know the answer, but is there a proven link between this kind of content and real violence? I would hope a person would know that strangling people is not okay and there's such things as safe words/actions, but I've expected too much of society in the past.

[–] LadyButterfly@piefed.blahaj.zone 6 points 1 month ago

There's a few research papers showing a link. I'm a domestic abuse outreach worker and lots of perps are heavy porn users and have strange sexual practices... obviously it's not as simple as "watch porn, become violent"