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

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She has also failed to convince me that there are no cases in which medical intervention is helpful or necessary; ironically, I could provide plenty of anecdotes which would fully support their use. Her failure lies in the fact that these statements, while being the logical conclusions of her arguments, are also entirely outside of the scope of this book, which was overambitious and under-researched, drawing laughable conclusions from valid questions, the worst kind of pop psychology. A journal for the conscious, critical researcher who is ready to dig a bit deeper into their own work. Debunked' psychological diagnoses of Amber Heard 'must be discounted' ". The Independent. 28 April 2022. A fantastic look into the crossroads of mental health and misogyny, and the ways in which the two meet--and not for the better. From hysteria to BPD, from the transition from asylums to over-medication, Dr. Jessica Taylor offers personal and researched insight into how this facet of the medical institution continues to harm and discredit women. An overfocus on sexual abuse. Yes, that’s a VERY important topic, but it leads one to simplify the plethora of stressors and traumas that women can experience. What about poverty? Childhood neglect? Early deaths of family members? There are so many possible traumas and this book could have really benefited from taking a more extensive look at them, rather than simply defaulting only and solely to sexual violence.

Predictably, Amber Heard Just Got Diagnosed With BPD and HPD". www.victimfocus.org.uk. 29 April 2022. Jessica Eaton School of Psychology Doctoral Researcher". birmingham.ac.uk . Retrieved 11 July 2020.This journal has been created for women and girls who would like to explore and reflect on their personal experiences of trauma, abuse or harm they have been subjected to by others. Jessica Eaton Granted a Fellowship of the Royal Society of Arts". sateda.org. 26 April 2019. Archived from the original on 10 July 2020 . Retrieved 10 July 2020. 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]

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. That said, it's fairly obvious why this isn't an academic publication. There is a reference list at the end of the book and a few studies cited throughout, but not enough to buttress her arguments. There is no separate works cited or even an annotated bibliography. 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.

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]

As my interviews with professionals and women continued, it became strikingly clear that women in mental health units were being dehumanised, and female professionals were bearing witness to this oppression and control. More and more women were waking up to the reality of psychiatry as a dangerous, risky place for women and girls to be – and were doing everything they could to subvert an established and powerful system of misogyny. 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.

Don't abuse the trust of traumatized women to sell a book about how much the psychiatric system traumatizes women. You'd think that'd be an incredibly simple no-brainer, and yet. a b "Championing a 'VictimFocus' World with Jessica Eaton". onestopsocial.co.uk. 16 January 2019. Archived from the original on 11 July 2020 . Retrieved 10 July 2020.