Perverse Psychology The pathologization of sexual violence and transgenderism Concepts for Critical Psychology Series
Auteur : Tosh Jem
Psychology defines people who take pleasure in the suffering of others as having a form of mental illness, while media representations frame such behaviour as ?evil?. This is hotly contested territory, not least where sexual violence is concerned ? violence which feminist voices argue is related to power rather than sex.
Perverse Psychology examines psychiatric constructions of sexual violence and transgender people from the 19th century until the latest DSM-5 diagnoses. It uses discourse analysis to interrogate the discursive boundaries between 'normal' and 'abnormal' rape, as well as the pathologization of gender and sexual diversity. The book illuminates for the first time the parallels between psychiatry?s construction of gender diversity and sexual violence, and leads us to question whether it is violence that the profession finds so intriguing, or the gender nonconformity it represents.
Perverse Psychology is ideal reading for postgraduate students and researchers in the fields of critical psychology, discourse analysis, feminism, transgender people, LGBT psychology, and the history of psychiatry.
1. Introduction Part One: Sexual Violence 2. Psychology and Sexual Violence: A Historical Review 3. Remedicalizing Rape Part Two: Transgenderism 4. Psychology, Homosexuality and ‘Feminine Boys’ 5. Transgenderism and Psychology: Transforming ‘GID’ Part Three: Perverse Psychology 6. Rape: A Perversion of Gender 7. Conclusions : Psychology is Perverse
Jemma Tosh is a lecturer in Psychology at the University of Chester, UK. Her research interests include feminism and gender, including transgenderism and intersexuality; intersections between academia and activism; critical psychology, community psychology, and the history of psychology and psychiatry.
Date de parution : 07-2014
13.8x21.6 cm
Date de parution : 06-2014
13.8x21.6 cm
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Mots-clés :
Paraphilic Coercive Disorder; paraphilic; American Psychiatric Association; coercive; Premenstrual Dysphoric Disorder; disorder; Sadistic Personality Disorder; gender; Sexual Violent Predator Laws; DSM-5 Proposal; Human Sexual Response Cycle; Human Suffering; Paraphilic Rape; Gender Nonconforming; Gender Identity Disorder; Gender Nonconforming Children; DSM-5 Criterion; Sexual Sadism; Histrionic Personality Disorder; Gender Nonconforming Individuals; Gender Dysphoria; Non-consenting Person; Nonconsenting Person; Gender Nonconforming Behaviours; Aggressive Masculine Sexuality; Therapeutic Approaches; Psychopathia Sexualis; Young Men; Psychiatric Constructions