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Sexy But Psycho

How the Patriarchy Uses Women’s Trauma Against Them

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Sexy But Psycho

By: Dr Jessica Taylor
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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.

Utilising decades of research, real case studies and new data from her own work, Dr Taylor's book will critically analyse the way we label women with personality disorders. Why are women and girls pathologized for being angry about oppression and abuse? How have so many women been duped into believing that they are mentally ill, for having normal and natural reactions to their experiences? Sexy But Psycho argues that there is a specific purpose to convincing women and girls that they are mentally ill, as the world avoids addressing violence against women and their centuries of ignored trauma.©2022 VictimFocus and Dr Jessica Taylor Gender Studies Politics & Government Social Sciences Women in Politics Mental Health Health Thought-Provoking Inspiring

Critic reviews

Dr Taylor's fierce polemic shows how professionals can pathologise and sexualise women and girls and how misogynistic the medical model can be . . . interesting [with] moments of brilliance . . .
Fierce and fearless.
The topics touched on in Sexy But Psycho are wide-ranging, but, for me, the most important message from the book is the vital importance of listening carefully to what women have to say.
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This is a profound and important book for every one. It can be quite difficult to listen to at times,.somif you've experienced trauma - take care of yourself.

Everyone needs to read this

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I always questioned my mental ‘illness’ and state. This helped me confirm to myself that I am normal.
I have gifted this book 3 times already and will continue to do so

Life changing

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It took me a while to get round to it for whatever reason but it was so much better than I’d ever hoped. I mean, the content itself is both really worrying and highly contentious to say the least, but such a good read/listen all the same. Jess is engaging, knowledgeable and savagely intelligent. I’m buzzing after finishing it.

Better than I ever expected

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Send this to every psychiatrist and social worker you can. Groundbreaking, eye opening material.

Must read

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Everyone needs to hear this, listening to this book and following the work of Dr Jessica Taylor has inspired me to pursue a career focusing on a trauma informed approach. I urge all of you to listen right now!! The more people on board with this message the better things will become for all women and girls.

Life changing book

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