Wednesday, October 21, 2015

Why Sweden just opened the first male rape clinic in the world...

Last week, Sweden announced the opening of a male rape crisis center at a hospital in Stockholm. It will operate out of the hospital at Södersjukhuset, a major emergency care facility in the Nordic region that already operates a 24-hour walk-in sexual assault clinic for women and girls. According to Rasmus Jonlund, a spokesperson for the Liberal Party, which spearheaded the initiative, the clinic is the first of its kind in the world. Like the clinic for women, the male treatment center will be free of charge and open 24 hours a day, 365 days a year.

The hospital announced its plans to open a clinic specifically for men in June. In statements published by VICE News, doctors placed specific emphasis on addressing the fact that male rape is "extremely taboo," both in Sweden and around the world.

The treatment and responses the male clinic offers will not differ significantly from those of the clinic for women and girls. "The existing clinic for female rape victims [has] been given a broader mandate and mission," said Anna Starbrink, Stockholm County Council's commissioner for healthcare, in an interview with Broadly. "Since it's basically the same clinic, the basic organization and methods shouldn't be different. How to organize the men's clinic was a topic of discussion, but we and the professionals [at the hospital] concluded that this was the best solution. Now the same clinic can give good health care, with respect and professionalism, regardless of the patient's sex or gender identity." Full story...

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