Sexy But Psycho: How the Patriarchy Uses Women’s Trauma Against Them

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In 2022, Taylor published her second book, Sexy But Psycho: Uncovering the Labelling of Women and Girls through Constable. She described it as ”mixture of academic research, history, psychology and real-life stories of women and girls who have been told that they are mentally ill, instead of being listened to”. [19] The book focuses on how mental illness has historically been used to discredit women, focusing especially on the 2000s and pop artist Britney Spears. [20] Victim focused approaches and combating victim blaming for professionals". University of Birmingham. Dr Taylor, a feminist and Psychologist with a PhD in Forensic Psychology is a Senior Lecturer in Forensic and Criminal Psychology.

The overall argument about the need to have a more trauma-informed approach, and that, in comparison to the medical diagnosis-prone approaches, it is more humanising, ethical, and effective. Diagnoses are shortcuts that might be neither useful, nor efficient. Medications aren’t cure-alls. A more systemic approach, looking at how centuries of history have framed our current psychiatric system, rather than simply blaming the people working in the system. She’s right; they weren’t taught alternatives and they’re oft punished for looking for them. The plural of anecdote is not data, and “challenging to read” =/= radical truth. Knowing those two things, the bulk of Sexy but Psycho’s worth is already nullified.

Unethically using stories in your book that women have told you without their consent isn't feminism, no matter how working class you are. The Little Orange Book: learning about abuse from the voice of the child. OCLC 1054886898 . Retrieved 11 July 2020– via worldcat.org. Jessica Taylor FRSA is a British feminist author and campaigner. Taylor is the author of the 2020 book Why Women Are Blamed For Everything. She has made appearances on British television, including BBC Two documentary Womanhood, [1] and in the true crime documentary My Lover, My Killer, which aired on Channel Five. [2] Early life [ edit ] This booklet has been developed specifically for parents who are home schooling and primary schools who would like to teach children about relationships, sex and abuse in an ethical and sensitive way.

PhD student announced as Chair of the Parliamentary Conference on Violence Against Women and Girls". birmingham.ac.uk. 5 September 2017 . Retrieved 11 July 2020. Why Women are Blamed for Everything: Exploring Victim Blaming of Women Subjected to Abuse and Trauma (2020) [25]This journal has been designed by a researcher, for researchers. Inside this journal, you will find hundreds of questions, reflection tasks and critical thinking exercises to help you to reflect on your methodology, ethics, philosophies, biases and the real world impact of your work.

Jessica Eaton – Individual Award Nominee – 2018". emmahumphreys.org. 19 January 2019 . Retrieved 10 July 2020. There has been a clear path from being castigated as a witch, to being labelled as crazy, to the modern- Eaton, Jessica (12 December 2019). 'Logically, I know I'm not to blame but I still feel to blame': exploring and measuring victim blaming and self-blame of women who have been subjected to sexual violence. etheses.bham.ac.uk (d_ph) . Retrieved 10 July 2020. It’s true that many of the responses we’ve pathologised into symptoms of mental illness are actually natural and rational reactions to trauma and distress, and it’s true that diagnoses of these mental illnesses are, too often, used to undermine, discredit, discriminate against, and section those diagnosed with them - disproportionately, women.

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A game-changing reflective journal for everyone who is ready for critical thought about their practice. Taylor began volunteering with domestic violence victims before deciding to earn her Bachelor of Science Hons degree in psychology from the Open University. [4] Upon receiving her degree, Taylor co-founded The Eaton Foundation, a Male Mental Health and Wellbeing Centre in the UK, with Alex Eaton. [5] She eventually quit her job and founded VictimFocus, which she describes as "a company designed to challenge and change the victim blaming practices in social care, policing, mental health and support services all over the world." [6] In 2017 and 2018, she was shortlisted for the Emma Humphreys Memorial Prize. [7] [8] In 2020, Taylor self-published her thesis as a book titled Why Women are Blamed for Everything. Based on three years of doctoral research and 10 years of practice with women and girls, the book focuses on the reasons why society and individual psychology blames women for male violence committed against them. [14] It draws on the psychometric measure Taylor developed during her doctoral research–called the BOWSVA scale–which measures the way the general public and professionals apportion blame to women and girls who have been subjected to sexual violence. The book also includes interviews with women who have been blamed for sexual assaults and professionals working in sexual violence services who are attempting to deconstruct victim blaming. [14] Debunked' psychological diagnoses of Amber Heard 'must be discounted' ". The Independent. 28 April 2022. by the end of this book. I will have changed the way you see girls and women's mental health forever".

Trans-erasure. Why? Like, really, why? Not only did the erasure (sometimes even blatant denial) of trans experiences weaken her argument, but more importantly, it was unethical, angering, and very unfeminist. Was really close to giving it 1* just for this. A nuanced argument around CBT (cognitive behavioural therapy), ie that it is good for some things (eg fear of heights) and horrible for others (eg years and years of complex trauma). I have long been very skeptical of CBT approaches and it’s interesting to be presented with a view that is both contextualized and actually makes sense. Medical research has shown that antipsychotics cause a range of health conditions in children including significant weight gain, drowsiness and diabetes. Whether it is women reporting cancer symptoms or raising concerns about botched vaginal mesh surgery that has caused them serious health complications, research shows that they are still much more likely to be ignored, minimised or diagnosed with mental health issues. Partially, this will be due to medicine and much of science being based on men and male bodies, with women and female bodies still being seen as too complicated and too much of a variable to be included in medical trials.Knox, Kirsty Blake (26 March 2022). "Britney was called crazy but men have done much worse". Irish Independent . Retrieved 29 April 2022. A new reflective journal for parents and carers of children who have been sexually abused. This book contains information, advice and reflective writing exercises to support parents and carers.