 This policy was both gendered and intrusive,
 typifying the "necessary evil"
framing of prostitution typical of Western European discourse.An abolitionist office, the "Svenska Federationen", was established in Sweden in 1878,

and eventually protests, including women's movements in the 1880s,
 led to the commissioning of an inquiry in 1903, reporting in 1910.The resulting proposals met vigorous dissent from feminists and liberals, who succeeded in removing gendered prostitution clauses from the proposed legislation dealing with contagious disease.