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

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It would make sense that they would feel safer if they presented to the world as non-binary or masculine. 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. Kudos to the author for speaking truth to power and liberating so many from this worldwide misunderstanding and oppression. 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.

Their trauma, fears, sadness or distress are passed off as physical, chemical or biological issues with the brain What is most interesting about the two pathways to misdiagnosis is that they seem to be the opposite of whatever the woman is saying. The writing is very engaging and emotionally charged; it hits you right in the gut and stokes flames of outrage and the desire to help fight a deeply flawed system. A game-changing reflective journal for everyone who is ready for critical thought about their practice. I don’t have many strong emotional connections to people, but the ones I do have are extremely important to me. She was formerly a senior lecturer in forensic and criminal psychology at the University of Derby and has authored a number of books including Why Women are Blamed for Everything, which sold 10,000 copies in its first two months.If it was, and being subjected to male violence caused women and girls to change sexuality, the majority of the female population would be lesbian or bisexual. Not only can women be just as strong in perpetuating misogynistic systems, but men’s experiences in this book were much too often undermined or disregarded.

In 2019 Dr Taylor received her doctorate in forensic psychology from the University of Birmingham, and has since qualified as a chartered psychologist. Their physical symptoms, illnesses and injuries are described as mental health issues, exaggeration or fabrication 2. Many of us become aware as the years pass that supporting or passively accepting the psychiatric labelling of women and girls will harm them in the long run. Do I believe that psychiatry has actively overmedicated and pathologized women for the sole purpose of shutting them up?This was the really difficult read, not because of writing style or wording, but because the subject matter is truly upsetting. This eBook can be accessed through the free Dymocks eReader app, ( iOS, Android, Windows), or downloaded via Adobe Digital Editions (and other . PhD student announced as Chair of the Parliamentary Conference on Violence Against Women and Girls". On the one hand it might be seen as an alarming exposé and yet, is it anything more than a nudge to alert us to what many of us have known, or at least suspected, for quite some time? I also agree that there are a lot of medics who honestly have no clue regarding trauma, sternly subscribe to the medical model, and medics who have no idea of the problematic history of many medical practices and diagnoses.