Clinic for Sexual and Reproductive Mental and Emotional Health
Clinic for Sexual and Reproductive Mental and Emotional Health
Confidential. Empowering. Transformative
Have you ever felt that your sexual or reproductive experiences take an unreasonable amount of your energy? That you either have a need to talk about it and cannot find space, or that your experience creates discomfort in others? You’re not alone.
Reproduction and sexuality are surrounded by taboos and stigma in all cultures. The controversial nature is closely linked to broader issues of gender equality, social, cultural, and religious norms. In patriarchal societies, acknowledging and celebrating reproductive and sexual diversity that goes beyond what is considered the norm can lead to discomfort, loss of control, and threaten traditional power structures
Whether said or unsaid, societal norms can inflict isolation, shame, and a sense of not belonging on individuals who challenge the norms. It can be age appropriate intimacy education for adolescents, women making reproductive choices on their own, or people with diverse non-normative gender identities or sexual desires. This can have a negative impact on physical, mental and emotional health and well being.
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