1st Edition
The Body and Consent in Psychology, Psychiatry, and Medicine A Therapeutic Rape Culture
By Jem Tosh
Copyright 2020
148 Pages
by
Routledge
148 Pages
by
Routledge
148 Pages
by
Routledge
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This groundbreaking text interrogates the constructed boundary between therapy and violence, by examining therapeutic practice and discourse through the lens of a psychologist and a survivor of sexual abuse.
It asks, what happens when those we approach for help cause further harm? Can we identify coercive practices and stop sexual abuse in psychology, psychiatry, and medicine? Tosh explores... Read more
Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- Intersex youth: Non-consensual surgeries and nosocomial sexual abuse
- Queer and trans youth: ‘Sexual rehearsal play’ and reparative therapies
- ‘Sex’ as treatment: Consent, coercion, and sex therapy
- Penetration as ‘treatment’: Pathologizing sexual avoidance and pain
- Phallometrics: Quantifying sexual violence and sexuality
- Conclusions: a therapeutic rape culture
References
Index
Biography
Jemma Tosh is a Chartered Psychologist with the British Psychological Society and Director of Psygentra, an organisation that specialises in the psychology of gender and trauma. Jemma is the author of Perverse Psychology (2014) and Psychology and Gender Dysphoria: Feminist and Transgender Perspectives (2016).
