How a clinic visit can mimic being sold for sex
Private room with the door closed, without the HCP asking permission to close the door
Power dynamic between the patient and HCP
The HCP tells the patient what to do throughout the encounter with every expectation that the patient will comply
Patient may be laying on their back in a vulnerable position
Patient is being touched—this may be more retraumatizing if the HCP doesn’t ask for consent
Patient is undressed, often in a flimsy gown with no underwear