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. This book examines psychiatric constructions of sexual violence and transgenderism 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...
Psychology defines people who take pleasure in the suffering of others as having a form of mental illness, while media representations frame such beha...
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 transgenderism from the 19th century until the latest DSM-5 diagnoses. It uses discourse analysis to interrogate the discursive boundaries between 'normal' and 'abnormal' rape,...
Psychology defines people who take pleasure in the suffering of others as having a form of mental illness, while media representations frame such b...
