Jessica Taylor | |
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Born | Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, England |
Education | BSc Psychology Hons, 2015, Open University PhD, forensic psychology, 2019, University of Birmingham |
Known for | Campaigning for the rights of victims |
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Early life
Taylor grew up in a council estate in Stoke-on-Trent.[1] She claims to have been repeatedly sexually and physically abused as a teenager by men in her town, which she kept hidden from her family. As the result of her repeated rapes, Taylor gave birth to her first child at the age of 17 and reported her abuse to the police.[1]
Career
Taylor began volunteering with domestic violence victims before deciding to earn her Bachelor of Science Hons degree in psychology from the Open University.[2] Upon receiving her degree, Taylor co-founded The Eaton Foundation, the first Male Mental Health and Wellbeing Centre in the UK, with Alex Eaton.[3] She eventually quit her job and founded VictimFocus, an organization that would address victim blaming practices in social care, policing, mental health and support services.[4] For her efforts, she was shortlisted for the 2017 and 2018 Emma Humphreys Memorial Prize.[5][6]
In 2019, Taylor completed her PhD in forensic psychology from the University of Birmingham with a thesis titled ‘Logically, I know I’m not to blame but I still feel to blame’: exploring and measuring victim blaming and self-blame of women who have been subjected to sexual violence.[7] While working towards her doctoral degree, Taylor was appointed to Chair of the Parliamentary Conference on Violence Against Women and Girls.[8] Upon finishing her doctoral research, Taylor became a Senior Lecturer in Criminal and Forensic Psychology. She was later recognized for her "contribution to the psychology of victim blaming of women, her work in mental health and her contribution to feminism" by the Royal Society of Arts.[9]
In 2020, Taylor self-published her thesis as a book titled Why Women are Blamed for Everything. Based on three years of doctoral research and 10 years of practice with women and girls, the book explores the reasons why society and individual psychology It draws on the psychometric measure Taylor developed during her doctoral research–called the BOWSVA scale–
Publications
- The Little Orange Book: Learning about abuse from the voice of the child (2018)[10]
- Detoxing Taylor (2011, as Jessica Eaton)[11]
- Why Women are Blamed for Everything: Exploring Victim Blaming of Women Subjected to Abuse and Trauma (2020)[12]
- 'I thought it was just a part of life' Understanding the Scale of Violence Committed Against Women in the UK Since Birth (2021)[13]
- Sexy But Psycho: Uncovering the Labelling of Women and Girls (2022)[14]
References
- ^ <ref>https://www.oups.org.uk/mindfulness-stress-management-review.<ref>
- ^ "Jessica Eaton School of Psychology Doctoral Researcher". birmingham.ac.uk. Retrieved 11 July 2020.
- ^ Taylor, Jessica (14 May 2020). "Why do we blame women for the actions of rapists, traffickers, and abusers?". The Telegraph. Archived from the original on 1 June 2020. Retrieved 10 July 2020.
- ^ "2017 shortlist". myzen.co.uk. Retrieved 10 July 2020.
- ^ "Jessica Eaton – Individual Award Nominee – 2018". emmahumphreys.org. 19 January 2019. Retrieved 10 July 2020.
- ^ Eaton, Jessica (12 December 2019). 'Logically, I know I'm not to blame but I still feel to blame': exploring and measuring victim blaming and self-blame of women who have been subjected to sexual violence. etheses.bham.ac.uk (d_ph). Retrieved 10 July 2020.
- ^ "PhD student announced as Chair of the Parliamentary Conference on Violence Against Women and Girls". birmingham.ac.uk. 5 September 017. Retrieved 11 July 2020.
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(help) - ^ "Jessica Eaton Granted a Fellowship of the Royal Society of Arts". sateda.org. 26 April 2019. Retrieved 10 July 2020.
- ^ The Little Orange Book : learning about abuse from the voice of the child. OCLC 1054886898. Retrieved 11 July 2020.
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ignored (help) - ^ Jessica Eaton. Detoxing Taylor. OCLC 941734695. Retrieved 26 August 2021.
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ignored (help) - ^ Why women are blamed for everything: exploring victim blaming of women subjected to violence and trauma. OCLC 1159730638. Retrieved 11 July 2020.
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ignored (help) - ^ Victim Focus (2021). 'I thought it was just a part of life' Understanding the Scale of Violence Committed Against Women in the UK Since Birth (PDF). Birmingham: Victim Focus.
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External links
- Jessica Taylor publications indexed by Google Scholar