Jessica Sunesson has worked as a midwife at a youth clinic in the Stockholm area for just over ten years.
Today, she is a business developer for all Region Stockholm's youth clinics and chairman of Fsum, the Association for Sweden's youth clinics.
She confirms the image that many young people apply to youth clinics for discomfort in connection with intercourse.
On the other hand, she believes that it is not a new phenomenon, even though more people are seeking care and support, and that it does not have to do with young people today being pressured into more harsh sex.
- My view is that it can be due to several different things.
That you have had penetrating sex that has lasted a long time, that you have not listened to the body or that you have done something you are not comfortable with.
Most often, for example, it is because you may have a fungal infection or problems with dryness in the abdomen.
Positive that more people dare to ask questions
Blaming the problems with the availability of pornography, she believes is a simplified picture, at the same time she also thinks that the adult world should be better at meeting young people's questions and giving them knowledge in matters of desire, sexual practice, consent and relationships.
- My experience is that most people can distinguish between fiction and reality, but that they still feel a need to talk about what they see.
Jessica Sunesson also wants to highlight the positive aspect of more people contacting healthcare.
- You can see it as positive that more people dare to ask these questions about the body, desire and boundaries now.
You might have had them in the 70's too, but you did not know where to put them.
Jenny Nederberg, a midwife at a youth clinic in Umeå, also confirms the image that many young girls seek help for sex that hurts - and that it has looked like this during the ten years she has been active.
"Sex should not hurt"
She believes that much stems from an excessive focus on penetration sex in our culture.
- There is a lot of ignorance about what sex is and how to have it.
Whether it's in a feature film or in porn, penetration is sex.
She also believes that it is often a matter of a lack of knowledge about the body's functions and signals in both young boys and girls, and would like to see more preventive information for young people about desire, arousal, consent and the importance of communication.
- Some people think that sex can hurt at times - but sex should not hurt.
I want to urge everyone to seek help at once, do not wait, because the further you go with the problems, the harder it is to get rid of.