21 Days of Anti-Racism Challenge: Day 17

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DAY 17 : HISTORY OF GENDER & MENTAL HEALTH

Mental health has been weaponized against women to create stigma that "others" women as less capable than men. This bias is baked into our mental health systems and continue to result in misdiagnoses that negatively impact women's health outcomes. These resources explore how mental health is closely tied to instances of gender-based violence. However, the same trauma and mental health issues caused by violence, are then used to discredit and invalidate accusations made by women about the violence they have experienced.

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How Is Mental Health Used to Victim-Blame Women?: Dr. Jessica Taylor, the author of "Sexy but Psycho," breaks down how psychiatry has often functioned as a tool of the patriarchy that invented and spread the idea that women need to be controlled.

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The Dark American History of Silencing Women Through Psychiatry: This article explores the common dismissal of women's right activists and feminists as "crazy" and traces this phenomenon to the 19th century, when women were declared insane and committed to asylums for exercising their right to speak.

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#MeToo Won’t Succeed If We Don’t Listen to Black Women: (TRIGGER WARNING: Discussion of sexual assault) While Black women have historically started and led social movements against gender-based sexual violence, their contributions are frequently erased. Read how the movement to believe women began with the testimonies of Black women in the 19th century.

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Girls Inc. at YWCA Nashville reminds girls that they are SMART, STRONG, and BOLD. Reach out to Allison Adams to see how you can volunteer or get involved.

Therapy for Black Girls provides resources to Black women seeking support in their mental health journeys.

The Sexual Assault Center provides resources to those who have experienced, or are unsure if they are currently experiencing, all forms of sexual violence. YWCA Nashville & Middle Tennessee and Morning Star provide Domestic Violence services to those who have experienced, or are unsure if they are currently experiencing, violence from a family member or partner.

For questions or comments, please email our Sr. Manager for Social Justice & Advocacy Stephen Watts

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