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Sexy but psycho : how the patriarchy uses women's trauma against them / Dr. Jessica Taylor.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Taylor, Dr Jessica., author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Sex discrimination against women.
- Women--Mental health.
- Women.
- Mental illness--Diagnosis.
- Mental illness.
- Physical Description:
- xxxviii, 330 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- London : Constable, 2022.
- Summary:
- "Angry, opinionated, mouthy, aggressive, hysterical, mad, disordered, crazy, psycho, delusional, borderline, hormonal... Women have long been pathologized, locked up and medicated for not conforming to whichever norms or stereotypes are expected of them in that time and space. Sexy But Psycho is a challenging and uncomfortable book which seeks to explore the way professionals and society at large pathologize and sexualise women and girls"--Publisher's description.
- Contents:
- Mental illness: the myths we live by
- Sexism, homophobia and racism in psychiatry
- A history of perfect women and crazy women
- Reframing women's trauma as mental illness
- Using psychiatry against women and girls subjected to male violence
- Pathologising women and girls in the courtroom
- Ignoring and minimising women's health issues
- Professionals who refuse to pathologise
- Sexualizing 'crazy' women and sectioning sexually non-conformist women
- Lifelong trauma reframed as incurable madness
- Curing a sick system.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 317-322) and index.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Rosengarten Family Fund.
- Other Format:
- ebook version :
- ISBN:
- 9781472135490
- 1472135490
- 9781472135506
- 1472135504
- OCLC:
- 1258674492
- Publisher Number:
- 99991125089
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