Wowzers. We have tv programs showing us this too….in the new Netflix series toxic town, based on a true story, one woman’s mental health is brought up, the medications she was medically prescribed brought into question - all as a way to silence her and disprove her testimony. It’s seen as the norm to do this, we don’t even notice it nor never before has it been questioned.
We still live by the bible story of Adam and Eve. Eve was the wrong doer. Adam could not help himself in the arms of a woman.
All of the above. Exactly what happened to me and my daughter in family court. The psychologist actually wrote that, though I didn't meet the criteria, I had narcissistic personality disorder. Meanwhile, the father scored extremely highly on hostility and she said this could be explained by the stress of the court process. What happened to us blew the minds of everyone who knows me.
Thank you for this. I am on 2 anxiety and depression meds and high blood pressure as well due to the years of mental and emotional abuse from my partner. The medication helps me be a better mom and stay sane in the daily life of living with my narcissist. I want to leave but am in so much fear of the patriarchal court system. My spouse uses my reaction to his abuse all the time as a way to silence and control me by calling me crazy. Thank you for your support and validation of our experiences. I am praying for a good outcome but so scared to even begin the process of divorce, knowing the misogyny I will face. Please keep sharing your knowledge and giving victims the strength that is needed to leave toxic these marriages.
Omg .I'm living this alongside my daughter atm as even though I'm not party to family court I've been labelled alongside her by dad and now ss ..weaponinsong isnt even near what they are doing to us ..
Was erased due to this. Literally passed all the psych tests but professional thought my abusive ex’s collateral info as an accountant was a more appropriate diagnosis- bpd. Ignore his constant shouting of “her depression is untreated” while he watched our six children while I attended therapy weekly. His lies are gospel. He had me committed- the police followed none of the procedures, just took his word, which surprising does not appear in the police report.
I agree with you basically, Dr. Taylor; if evidence produced indicates definitive proof then why doesn't it convict:a female describes this-with this person-in this location, if the focus was placed on this and the basic evidence was proven then it's a clear case. The courts within our constitution and in upholding their position don't run that way, though, it's all structured in a way that states:"the weight of evidence"; if each individual in a court is given recognition then the jury is controlled to produce with the element of "beyond reasonable doubt". I have thought of suggesting this for a while, I believe that somehow someone needs to understand the legal structure and, in effect, step in, or change it, otherwise basic logic suggests, maybe from a male point of view, that you can't do it; it may seem part of a patriarchal system but it will be positioned that you can't change the system and structure that they know, including females, unless you can research and understand what they know, then the position will remain the same. Psychiatry and pathology gets in the way and produces reasonable doubt, then you have to remove that by introducing evidence that this isn't part of the evidence required to prove or disprove, so, in effect, it doesn't fit; this is in a situation where two parties find difficulties in moving from a crime scene into a court of law where what each party has personally experienced is meant to be represented by somebody else, which appears counter to a representation of truth; you can feel biased and err on the side of the victim because of what appears the weights and measures involved in understanding yourself to be normal, but that isn't necessarily the situation in court with the removal from, and the separation of evidences required, tends to mean that you are dealing with a broken description presented to a jury who are instructed that the verdict should be based on: "no reasonable doubt". So the cure seems to be that doubt is removed, otherwise the court cannot convict. I'm a virgin of 59 years of age, in a spectrum concerning rape I can describe that this removes from a females personality, traumatically, to the degree that they can commit suicide, from my position, I wouldn't be able to join the description that well which includes forced sex, weapons used, and violence. I've been accused of being a paedophile and attempted rape, I have found that God exists due to the development of telepathy and I have been influenced by people who don't like that development and try to use it against me by what they have found they can do, two people are currently involved in trying to physically damage me and kill me and damage evidence including trying to effect my memory. Other people understand what I'm involved in, others don't. I have only just realised that almost 30 years after an event which resulted in an accusation of paedophilia that a 14 year old adopted girl used me for flirtation in which she would open her legs quite widely and "aggressively"? on more than one occasion, she knew that the three family members above her had taken part in activity that she wouldn't due to its' "unpleasantness"?, after which I went for therapy; and it can take that long to realise the truths connected with that to understand that I am one of the victims involved in that scenario, the 14 year old may be one as well, but I made a sexual suggestion, medical people who I have informed smile about it, which does point towards the fact that someone doesn't know all that they should unless they do.
Wowzers. We have tv programs showing us this too….in the new Netflix series toxic town, based on a true story, one woman’s mental health is brought up, the medications she was medically prescribed brought into question - all as a way to silence her and disprove her testimony. It’s seen as the norm to do this, we don’t even notice it nor never before has it been questioned.
We still live by the bible story of Adam and Eve. Eve was the wrong doer. Adam could not help himself in the arms of a woman.
All of the above. Exactly what happened to me and my daughter in family court. The psychologist actually wrote that, though I didn't meet the criteria, I had narcissistic personality disorder. Meanwhile, the father scored extremely highly on hostility and she said this could be explained by the stress of the court process. What happened to us blew the minds of everyone who knows me.
Thank you for this. I am on 2 anxiety and depression meds and high blood pressure as well due to the years of mental and emotional abuse from my partner. The medication helps me be a better mom and stay sane in the daily life of living with my narcissist. I want to leave but am in so much fear of the patriarchal court system. My spouse uses my reaction to his abuse all the time as a way to silence and control me by calling me crazy. Thank you for your support and validation of our experiences. I am praying for a good outcome but so scared to even begin the process of divorce, knowing the misogyny I will face. Please keep sharing your knowledge and giving victims the strength that is needed to leave toxic these marriages.
Omg .I'm living this alongside my daughter atm as even though I'm not party to family court I've been labelled alongside her by dad and now ss ..weaponinsong isnt even near what they are doing to us ..
Thank you for speaking about this, keep speaking out and exposing. Also
@Dr Jessica Taylor please check your email, member of public here.
Was erased due to this. Literally passed all the psych tests but professional thought my abusive ex’s collateral info as an accountant was a more appropriate diagnosis- bpd. Ignore his constant shouting of “her depression is untreated” while he watched our six children while I attended therapy weekly. His lies are gospel. He had me committed- the police followed none of the procedures, just took his word, which surprising does not appear in the police report.
I agree with you basically, Dr. Taylor; if evidence produced indicates definitive proof then why doesn't it convict:a female describes this-with this person-in this location, if the focus was placed on this and the basic evidence was proven then it's a clear case. The courts within our constitution and in upholding their position don't run that way, though, it's all structured in a way that states:"the weight of evidence"; if each individual in a court is given recognition then the jury is controlled to produce with the element of "beyond reasonable doubt". I have thought of suggesting this for a while, I believe that somehow someone needs to understand the legal structure and, in effect, step in, or change it, otherwise basic logic suggests, maybe from a male point of view, that you can't do it; it may seem part of a patriarchal system but it will be positioned that you can't change the system and structure that they know, including females, unless you can research and understand what they know, then the position will remain the same. Psychiatry and pathology gets in the way and produces reasonable doubt, then you have to remove that by introducing evidence that this isn't part of the evidence required to prove or disprove, so, in effect, it doesn't fit; this is in a situation where two parties find difficulties in moving from a crime scene into a court of law where what each party has personally experienced is meant to be represented by somebody else, which appears counter to a representation of truth; you can feel biased and err on the side of the victim because of what appears the weights and measures involved in understanding yourself to be normal, but that isn't necessarily the situation in court with the removal from, and the separation of evidences required, tends to mean that you are dealing with a broken description presented to a jury who are instructed that the verdict should be based on: "no reasonable doubt". So the cure seems to be that doubt is removed, otherwise the court cannot convict. I'm a virgin of 59 years of age, in a spectrum concerning rape I can describe that this removes from a females personality, traumatically, to the degree that they can commit suicide, from my position, I wouldn't be able to join the description that well which includes forced sex, weapons used, and violence. I've been accused of being a paedophile and attempted rape, I have found that God exists due to the development of telepathy and I have been influenced by people who don't like that development and try to use it against me by what they have found they can do, two people are currently involved in trying to physically damage me and kill me and damage evidence including trying to effect my memory. Other people understand what I'm involved in, others don't. I have only just realised that almost 30 years after an event which resulted in an accusation of paedophilia that a 14 year old adopted girl used me for flirtation in which she would open her legs quite widely and "aggressively"? on more than one occasion, she knew that the three family members above her had taken part in activity that she wouldn't due to its' "unpleasantness"?, after which I went for therapy; and it can take that long to realise the truths connected with that to understand that I am one of the victims involved in that scenario, the 14 year old may be one as well, but I made a sexual suggestion, medical people who I have informed smile about it, which does point towards the fact that someone doesn't know all that they should unless they do.