Posted on 06/18/2015 3:30:37 PM PDT by nickcarraway
A hospital in Stockholm is set to become the first in the country with an emergency department specifically for male rape victims. The clinic at Södersjukhuset is scheduled to open this autumn.
Södersjukhuset already has the largest emergency care unit in the Nordic region and runs a round-the-clock walk-in clinic for women and girls who have been sexually assaulted in the city, treating between 600 and 700 patients a year.
On Wednesday, the hospital announced that from mid-October, it would also admit men and boys as part of a strategy to ensure "gender equal" emergency care for rape victims of both sexes.
In 2014, some 370 cases of sexual assault on men or boys were reported across Sweden, according to the Swedish National Council for Crime Prevention, although experts believe that the actual figure is much higher.
"The general perception is that men cannot be raped," Lotti Helström, a senior physician at the hospital told Sveriges Radio, adding that male victims can suffer even more than women.
"In studies, the health effects are shown to be greater for men, both in terms of physical health and mental health. There is a greater risk of a raped man getting post-traumatic stress disorder," she said, adding that the subject of male rape remained "extremely taboo".
Helström explained that men were much more likely to be raped by other men than by women and said that the experience could lead to "sexual identity" problems in future.
Sweden has the highest rape rate in Europe, a statistic that gained global prominence in 2010, when Wikileaks founder Julian Assange was first accused of sex crimes in the Nordic nation, allegations which he still strongly denies.
It is worth noting that the country records allegations in a different way to most other countries, tracking each case of sexual violence separately. So for example if someone says they were raped by a partner every day for a fortnight, officers will record 14 potential crimes. Elsewhere, many countries would log the claim as a single incident.
Nevertheless, the nation's high statistics have made rape a matter of high level political debate in recent years.
Last year, a study by gender equality organisation RFSU suggested that in most municipalities across Sweden, men were uncertain where they could get emergency help following a rape.
On Wednesday, Inger Björklund, a spokesperson for the group told The Local that it strongly welcomed the new facility.
"There are myths about masculinity that make it difficult for men who have been sexually traumatised to talk about their experiences," she said.
"A clinic focusing on men who have been sexually abused will contribute to the awereness of experiences of sexual abuse among men and make it more possible to meet mens needs in a very exposed situation."
Good. Men should not be discriminated due to their sex.
“Sweden has the highest rape rate in Europe”
by who?
Captain Obvious to the rescue. Has a man EVER been raped by a woman?
Agreed. Im astounded that Sweden’s notoriously severe feminists allowed such a thing though.
The “general perception” that men cannot be raped is 100% correct -—except in the case of sodomy.
The Swedes are not to be taken seriously.
I understand it’s a certain ‘religion’ that’s doing most of the raping over there.
Does that include male-on-male rape, male-on-female, or both? And is it highest in both categories? I notice that they say the highest in EUROPE. I have to believe that any of the towelhead trashcanistans have much higher incidences of m-on-m violation.
Plus m-on-goat, m-on-camel, m-on-tiny hole in a barn door ...
My understanding is that men or boys take years to come out or admit they’ve been raped.
Is it not true? All these sex scandals broke years after the acts.
I guarantee that this is partially, if not significantly, caused by Islamic Rape of Blonde Haired Men. Mohammed commonly raped his victims and homosexuality is rampant among Muslims...
Duh.
... and said that the experience could lead to "sexual identity" problems in future.
How is that possible if they are "gay" from the moment of conception? (/s)
Yeah. Statutory rape of young men and boys by women, for instance. Or a woman some drugging some guy then forcing him to have sex when he is incapable of consent. Or women who kidnap men at gunpoint and force them to have sex. It’s all wrong no matter who does it.
Makes sense. Men typically don’t have the same support that women do after they are raped. Furthermore, women are typically more open about their feelings and experiences.
So is it rape rape or sodomy ???
Some Swedish males can manage to pop a boner while frightened or intimidated. Good for them.
“OH nu! Pleese-a du nut feeulete-a me-a. I em a furgeen fur muny yeers und I cunnut beer zee sheme-a, su pleese-a velk evey und let me-a gu. I veell nut tell unyune-a. Nu, dun’t shoo me-a thet! Ja, I prumeese-a. Yuoo seem eleeke-a a neece-a gurl. Ookey dukey. Bork bork bork!”
Muslims, probably.
Why bother, the men there have already TOTALLY SUBMITTED to the feminists running the place - a little raping of them simply helps seal the deal.
Exactly. I suspect the “man cave” is an Ikea or Swedish promotion.
My home is my cave. All of it. Both thrones. Grunt.
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