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Dr Jessica Taylor grew up on a council estate where brutality and coercion were normalised, and where substance abuse was a day-to-day occurrence. Now one of the UK's most spirited advocates for women's rights, and a leading chartered psychologist helping women and girls subjected to violence and trauma, Jessica shares her own personal journey for the very first time.Told through a series of absorbing vignettes spanning from her childhood days...

A memoir to remember.

Angry, opinionated, mouthy, aggressive, hysterical, mad, disordered, crazy, psycho, delusional, borderline, hormonal . . . Women have long been pathologised, medicalised, locked up and medicated for not conforming to social stereotypes.Why are women who report violence against them so likely to be diagnosed with personality disorders? Why are women and girls pathologised for being angry about oppression and abuse? How have so many women been d...

Angry, opinionated, mouthy, aggressive, hysterical, mad, disordered, crazy, psycho, delusional, borderline, hormonal . . .Women have long been pathologised, medicalised, locked up and medicated for not conforming to social stereotypes.Why are women who report violence against them so likely to be diagnosed with personality disorders? Why are women and girls pathologised for being angry about oppression and abuse? How have so many women been du...

The new book from the bestselling author of Why Women Are Blamed for Everything.

She asked for it. She was flirting. She was drinking. She was wearing a revealing dress. She was too confident. She walked home alone. She stayed in that relationship. She was naïve. She didn't report soon enough. She didn't fight back. She wanted it. She lied about it. She comes from a bad area. She was vulnerable. She should have known.Victim blaming of women is prevalent and normalised in society. What causes us to blame women who have been...

Months later, Dr Taylor's words still haunt me' Matthew Wright 'Dr Taylor . . . gives voice and agency to women who have experienced trauma and violence' Morning Star She asked for it. She was flirting. She was drinking. She was wearing a revealing dress. She was too confident. She walked home alone. She stayed in that relationship. She was naïve. She didn't report soon enough. She didn't fight back. She wanted it. She was vulnerable. She shou...