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STDs in general are sensitive since people may want to hide them or hide the implications. Abortions are sensitive as well depending on the social group. If yo

STDs in general are sensitive since people may want to hide them or hide the implications. Abortions are sensitive as well depending on the social group. If you're underage you may especially want to hide those two from your parents depending on the social group. If you're a woman you may also want those two hidden from your family depending on the social group. Sweden has a large refuge population from very conservative cultures and things like acid attacks against women are decently common. So not keeping those thing hidden can get you killed or horribly injured if you're in certain social groups.

OlleTO 8y ago
> and things like acid attacks against women are decently common. Wait, what? Where's your source on this. Via google I can find references to one case from 1997 and one from 2002, and that's it. The idea that this would in any way be "decently common" here is preposterous.
- BurningFrog 8y ago
  Acid attacks are not common, but a lot of young immigrant women live under quite repressive family conditions, and can not see a doctor for their sexual health with their family knowing about it.
- NeedMoreTea 8y ago
  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acid_throwing#United_Kingdom https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acid_throwing#United_Kingdom London Metropolitan Police showed a sharp rise in attacks, with 465 recorded in 2017 Particularly common in London, and amongst some immigrant communities. Other countries are not so far behind, and I gather it is quite common in some of the developing world, like India and Pakistan.
  - cc81 8y ago
    In the UK it seems it has mostly been a weapon among criminals more than a honor thing that is more common in the developing world.
    - ptaipale 8y ago
      This probably is due to incentives - carrying a knife may bring a long prison sentence, carrying a bottle of acid or lye as weapon did not. UK changed sentencing guidelines last year. https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-43225911 https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-43225911
    - NeedMoreTea 8y ago
      Now, sure, especially in London. It's grown as a weapon of choice phenomenally quickly over the last 5 years, from almost nothing. Seems like it may have been noticed being used for honour attacks in communities in London, Bradford, Leicester etc, and escalated from there. A particularly horrible form of attack.
- ptaipale 8y ago
  There are other, more recent cases of acid or threat of it, eg [1], though I'd say acid attacks are not particularly common in Sweden. Many more cases in UK, for instance. There are more actual cases of defenestration ("falling from the balcony") in Sweden. In any case the leak of health information is nothing to laugh at e.g. for those who live under threat of "honor violence". [1] https://www.na.se/artikel/hallefors/man-i-hallefors-anhallen-efter-olaga-hot-hotade-att-kasta-syra-i-ansiktet-pa-kvinna https://www.na.se/artikel/hallefors/man-i-hallefors-anhallen...

OlleTO 8y ago

> and things like acid attacks against women are decently common. Wait, what? Where's your source on this. Via google I can find references to one case from 1997 and one from 2002, and that's it. The idea that this would in any way be "decently common" here is preposterous.

BurningFrog 8y ago
Acid attacks are not common, but a lot of young immigrant women live under quite repressive family conditions, and can not see a doctor for their sexual health with their family knowing about it.
NeedMoreTea 8y ago
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acid_throwing#United_Kingdom https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acid_throwing#United_Kingdom London Metropolitan Police showed a sharp rise in attacks, with 465 recorded in 2017 Particularly common in London, and amongst some immigrant communities. Other countries are not so far behind, and I gather it is quite common in some of the developing world, like India and Pakistan.
- cc81 8y ago
  In the UK it seems it has mostly been a weapon among criminals more than a honor thing that is more common in the developing world.
  - ptaipale 8y ago
    This probably is due to incentives - carrying a knife may bring a long prison sentence, carrying a bottle of acid or lye as weapon did not. UK changed sentencing guidelines last year. https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-43225911 https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-43225911
  - NeedMoreTea 8y ago
    Now, sure, especially in London. It's grown as a weapon of choice phenomenally quickly over the last 5 years, from almost nothing. Seems like it may have been noticed being used for honour attacks in communities in London, Bradford, Leicester etc, and escalated from there. A particularly horrible form of attack.
ptaipale 8y ago
There are other, more recent cases of acid or threat of it, eg [1], though I'd say acid attacks are not particularly common in Sweden. Many more cases in UK, for instance. There are more actual cases of defenestration ("falling from the balcony") in Sweden. In any case the leak of health information is nothing to laugh at e.g. for those who live under threat of "honor violence". [1] https://www.na.se/artikel/hallefors/man-i-hallefors-anhallen-efter-olaga-hot-hotade-att-kasta-syra-i-ansiktet-pa-kvinna https://www.na.se/artikel/hallefors/man-i-hallefors-anhallen...