anotherlook

With the increase of AIDS as well as other sexually transmitted diseases, self-gratifying sex may be the safest sex to partake in. However, how far would you go to reach a climax and how far is too far? Did David Carradine go too far or did he achieve the ultimate orgasm?

Auto-erotic asphyxiation, used to heighten sexual pleasures by cutting off air supply by strangulation, suffocation or hanging, takes the life of hundreds each year and these numbers may be underestimated based on the stigma associated with this type of death. While most deaths are male, there have also been a few recorded female deaths as well. You have to wonder if hundreds die per year, how many people actually participate in this life threatening form of sexual gratification.

According to Wikipedia and other sources, auto-erotic asphyxiation has been around since at least the 1600s and was used as a treatment for erectile dysfunction and impotence. It is said that observers at public hangings noted male victims developed an erection which sometimes remained even after death and occasionally they would ejaculate when being hanged.

An upshot to auto-erotic asphyxiation is the game played by children called the choking game in which these kids obtain a momentary “high” without drugs. This high comes from shutting off oxygen supplied to the brain; dozens of children, between the ages of 11 and 16, have died from this dangerous game over the years and this game is growing in participants.

Although as in the death of Michael Hutchence, INXS songwriter, David Carradine was found hanging in a hotel room and the initial determination was suicide; auto-erotic asphyxiation is now being looked at as well. I, for one, will always remember Carradine as the Kung Fu master, insightful, calm and able to defend himself and those he cared for who usually had a twinkle in his eyes and a smirk on his lips in interviews - maybe now I know what that twinkle and smirk may have been about. I’m not mad at him but I will miss him in the world.

Some things are better left private or at least left up to the family to disclose if they so choose. What has really been gained by full disclosure in this case before the family has even had time to grieve the loss. This has been a selfish attempt by the media to grab headlines. I just wanted to show that auto-erotic asphyxiation is not a rare occurrence and that it may happen more than you know. Show some respect for the man who has entertained you his entire adult life!!!!

And that’s the way I see it!!!

Authors NOTE: June 8, 2009 - In reading more articles on David Carradine, I am finding more out about who he really was. His wife confirmed that he not only participated in deadly sex acts but he also participated in incest. These acts were mentioned in the paperwork when she filed for divorce. I felt humiliated for him when he was found in the manner he was found but now - the more I read about him - I feel the humiliation was his to bear even if it was in death. Kinky is one thing perversion is another and in my mind incest is over the line!!!!

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