Idk how to like, casually slip this onto the tl, but if your partner ever puts their hands around your throat in anger or as a way to keep you in line, the likelihood that they will murder you in a future confrontation increases sevenfold according to every stat we& #39;ve got

I feel like women my age had to put up with a lot of shit when we became sexually active but the prevalence of slapping and choking during sex in today& #39;s teen relationships, *without any prior discussion or consent* really troubles me.

You don& #39;t spring that on someone & you absolutely don& #39;t have to go along with it to seem chill or sexually liberated if you don& #39;t feel comfortable with it. Choking someone for any length of time can result in lifelong health problems like seizures and brain damage.

I know lots of adults enjoy consensual choking during sex and if they understand they are taking a huge fucking risk with their lives (and may face criminal charges in the event of death) I& #39;m not going to tell them they have to stop, BUT

If you& #39;re a teen and your partner springs that on you, they don& #39;t give a fuck about your comfort or safety and if you put up with it to please them it& #39;s going to be that much harder to value yourself enough to end things if they do the same thing to put you in your place.

Anyways i wish everyone would listen to the interview with an expert on coercive control this tweet is responding to, it was a huge perception shift for me: https://twitter.com/celineorelse/status/1010857712798846976?s=19">https://twitter.com/celineore...