A stand-alone strangulation offence was introduced in Queensland, Australia in 2016. One of the elements of the Queensland strangulation offence is that the victim did not consent to the strangulation. This paper reviews the harms and dangers associated with strangulation before overviewing the debates about the use of strangulation during sex. Drawing on focus group discussions conducted with domestic violence support workers and men's behaviour change workers, we discuss four overlapping themes identified in the discussions. These were perceptions that: strangulation during sex is normalised; consent is not informed; it happens in the context of coercive control; and the requirement of consent opens a loophole in the strangulation offence. Considering the issues raised, and the clear risks and harms, we suggest that consideration should be given to whether it is ever possible to consent to strangulation and we consider possible reforms such as following the two-tiered approaches to consent used in the England and Wales law and elsewhere in Australia. We also conclude that law reforms such as these are partial solutions and there is significant need for more community education about the risks and harms of strangulation.

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家庭暴力、性、勒杀和“模糊”的同意问题

澳大利亚昆士兰州于2016年引入了独立的勒颈罪。昆士兰州勒颈罪的要素之一是受害者不同意勒颈。本文先回顾了与勒颈相关的危害和危险，然后概述了有关在性行为中使用勒颈的争论。根据与家庭暴力支持工作者和男性行为改变工作者进行的焦点小组讨论，我们讨论了讨论中确定的四个重叠主题。这些看法是： 性行为中的勒死是正常现象；未告知同意；它发生在强制控制的背景下；同意的要求为勒杀罪打开了漏洞。考虑到所提出的问题以及明显的风险和危害，我们建议应考虑是否有可能同意勒死，并考虑可能的改革，例如遵循英格兰和威尔士使用的两级同意方法法律和澳大利亚其他地方。我们还得出结论，诸如此类的法律改革只是部分解决方案，非常需要开展更多有关勒杀风险和危害的社区教育。