The largest hospital in Europe’s rape-capital Sweden has opened a rape centre for men and boys, a crucial badge of honour for their commitment to “gender equal” patient care. The hospital’s pre-existing rape crisis centre has proven a useful service for locals, receiving between 600 and 700 walk-in cases every year, but like most such wards worldwide it caters only for women. The new clinic at the Södersjukhuset opened yesterday to great acclaim, and is now open 24-hours a day, 365-days a year for emergency treatment of men and boys who have been attacked. TheLocal.se reports there are now some 370 cases of male rape in Sweden reported a year, a figure that is thought to be significantly lower than that actually committed as many allow pride to prevent them seeking treatment or legal recourse. A representative of the centre-right Moderate party said of the opening: “Emergency medical care for raped men will be free of charge, and offered around the clock, all year… So far there has been no specific place for men who are victims of rape to turn to. Therefore we in the Alliance have decided to change this”. Elsewhere in the world the opening of a male rape centre