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Erotic asphyxiation, asphyxiophilia, breath control play or scarfing is the sexual practice of partial asphyxiation by strangulation or suffocation of one person by another. The decrease of oxygen to the brain is said to heighten sexual pleasure. Wikipedia does not have an article with this exact name. ... In BDSM, breathplay refers to the practice of restricting or controlling the flow of air and thus oxygen into the body of one or more participants also known as asphyxiation. ... Asphyxia is a condition of severely deficient supply of oxygen to the body. ... Suffocation can mean two things: Suffocation, or Asphyxia, is a medical condition where the body is depraved of oxygen. ... Comparative brain sizes In animals, the brain, or encephalon (Greek for in the head), is the control center of the central nervous system. ...

It can be dangerous and result in brain damage through loss of oxygenation to the brain, or in death through sudden cardiac arrest. It has also been speculated that in some cases erotic asphyxiation may have triggered the little-known phenomenon of carotid sinus reflex death. Most practitioners, however, have carried out this consensual practice with no problems. Because of the safety issues, those considering this sort of sexual activity are advised to be fully aware of the medical issues and risks involved before they choose to participate. Brain damage or brain injury is the destruction or degeneration of brain cells. ... Arteries of the neck. ...

Breath control play is often done in conjunction with other fetish activities such as rubber fetishism.^{[citation needed]} A fetish (from French fétiche; from Portuguese feitiço; from Latin facticius, artificial and facere, to make) is a natural object believed to have supernatural powers, or in particular a man-made object that has power over others. ... Two women in rubber miniskirts and tops Rubber fetishism is the fetishistic attraction to people wearing rubber clothing, or in certain cases, to the garments themselves. ...

In extreme cases, asphyxiophiles may desire to be strangled to death. The most publicized case is that of Sharon Lopatka, who used the Internet to find a man willing to torture and kill her. To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... Sharon Lopatka Sharon Lopatka (1961 – 1996) was an Internet entrepreneur living in Hampstead, Maryland, United States, who was tortured and strangled to death in October 1996, for the purpose of mutual sexual gratification, by Robert Frederick Glass, a computer analyst from North Carolina. ...

Fictional accounts

One of the first mainstream fictional works to tackle the practice was Showtime's American version of Queer as Folk. In the first-season finale, Brian Kinney (Gale Harold) turns 30, an event looked upon by many in the gay community (jokingly and otherwise) as the year one "dies". Kinney decides to experience scarfing, but his best friend Michael (Hal Sparks) discovers and stops him. Kinney claims he wanted to experience "the best fucking orgasm of my life", but Novotny counters that it would have been "the last fucking orgasm of your life". When it aired, the episode featured a disclaimer about the dangers of the practice and discouraged viewers from attempting it. This article needs to be updated. ... Queer as Folk was an American/Canadian television series co-production, produced by Showtime and Temple Street Productions, which was based on the British series of the same name created by Russell T. Davies. ... Brian Kinney is a fictional character from Showtimes Queer as Folk television show. ... Gale Morgan Harold III (born on July 10, 1969 in Decatur, Georgia United States) is an American actor. ... The notion of the gay community is complex and can be very controversial. ... Michael Novotny is a central character on the American television series Queer As Folk, played by Hal Sparks. ... Hal Sparks Hal Sparks (born September 25, 1969 in Cincinnati, Ohio) is an actor and comedian best known for his role of Michael Novotny on the American television series Queer as Folk. ...

This practice was also depicted as leading to the death of a character in Rising Sun, a movie based on the novel of the same name by Michael Crichton. It appears in the less publicized 2003 movie Young and Seductive, starring Julian Wells, Alana Evans, and Robert Donovan. The practice was central to Nagisa Oshima's highly controversial 1976 movie In the Realm of the Senses. The television series Queer as Folk finds the character Brian scarfing mid-act. CSI: Crime Scene Investigation issued an episode where a victim also died through this method (Season 6, episode 2). Breath play also figures in the Six Feet Under episode "Back to the Garden" (Season 2, Episode 20), in which a man accidentally strangulates himself with a belt while masturbating. Rising Sun is a novel (ISBN 0394589424) written in 1992 by Michael Crichton about a murder in the Los Angeles headquarters of Nakamoto, a fictional Japanese corporation. ... Film refers to the celluloid media on which movies are printed. ... Rising Sun is a book (ISBN 0394589424) written in 1992 by Michael Crichton about a murder in the Los Angeles headquarters of a Japanese business. ... Michael Crichton John Michael Crichton (born October 23, 1942, pronounced // [1]) is an American author, film producer and television producer. ... Nagisa Oshima (大島 渚 Ōshima Nagisa, born March 31, 1932) is a famous Japanese director. ... 1976 (MCMLXXVI) was a leap year starting on Thursday (the link is to a full 1976 calendar). ... In the Realm of the Senses (dvd) In the Realm of the Senses (Ai no Korīda, 愛のコリーダ, lit. ... Queer as Folk was an American/Canadian television series co-production, produced by Showtime and Temple Street Productions, which was based on the British series of the same name created by Russell T. Davies. ... CSI: Crime Scene Investigation is a popular Alliance Atlantis/CBS police procedural television series, running since October 2000, about a team of forensic scientists. ... Six Feet Under was a popular and critically acclaimed American television drama produced by HBO. It first aired on June 3, 2001 and concluded its fifth and final season on August 21, 2005. ...

See also

• Anoxia
• Autoerotic asphyxia
• Choke hold

Asphyxia is a condition of severely deficient supply of oxygen to the body. ... Autoerotic asphyxiation is the practice of self-strangulation, typically by the use of a ligature, while masturbating. ... This article needs to be cleaned up to conform to a higher standard of quality. ...

External links

• The Medical Realities of Breath Control Play by Jay Wiseman