Harriet Townsend
Biographic Data
| ID | 134809 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Harriet Townsend |
| GIVEN NAMES | Harriet |
| FAMILY NAME | Townsend |
| SIGNATURE | TOWNSEND H |
| AFFILIATIONS | Macquarie University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-2820-0990 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 4 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 2 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 4 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1927 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Drama queens” and “attention seekers
Historically, suicidal women and women in distress have been pathologized and trivialized. Despite high rates of suicidality among women, the role of gender and femininity continue to be overlooked in suicide research. I perform a qualitative “sociological autopsy” on 17 cases of young women who communicated intent before their deaths by suicide but were dismissed or ignored. I identify two tropes of suicidal femininity: “drama queens” and “atten…
She Was Feeling Overwhelmed at Home Caring for Her Children
Suicide is a leading cause of death among young women and perinatal mothers. This paper explores how expectations of motherhood played a role in young women's deaths by suicide. I question the notion that motherhood is a “protective” factor against suicide. Using the concept of “intensive motherhood,” I interrogate how expectations of mothers became fatal. Through analysis of 31 young Australian mothers who died by suicide, three key themes are e…
The Imposition of a Coerced Autonomy
Through a thematic analysis of four cases of suicide by young women identified from the National Coronial Information System, I apply a gendered lens to understanding the ways in which human service professionals’ expectations of feminine behavior, led them to view these young women as “bad girls” and imposed a disempowering “coerced autonomy” framework onto them. In this framework, the girls were held responsible for factors that caused their di…
Tools of Social Work
She Was Feeling Overwhelmed at Home Caring for Her Children
Suicide is a leading cause of death among young women and perinatal mothers. This paper explores how expectations of motherhood played a role in young women's deaths by suicide. I question the notion that motherhood is a “protective” factor against suicide. Using the concept of “intensive motherhood,” I interrogate how expectations of mothers became fatal. Through analysis of 31 young Australian mothers who died by suicide, three key themes are e…
The Imposition of a Coerced Autonomy
Through a thematic analysis of four cases of suicide by young women identified from the National Coronial Information System, I apply a gendered lens to understanding the ways in which human service professionals’ expectations of feminine behavior, led them to view these young women as “bad girls” and imposed a disempowering “coerced autonomy” framework onto them. In this framework, the girls were held responsible for factors that caused their di…
Tools of Social Work
The Imposition of a Coerced Autonomy
Through a thematic analysis of four cases of suicide by young women identified from the National Coronial Information System, I apply a gendered lens to understanding the ways in which human service professionals’ expectations of feminine behavior, led them to view these young women as “bad girls” and imposed a disempowering “coerced autonomy” framework onto them. In this framework, the girls were held responsible for factors that caused their di…
She Was Feeling Overwhelmed at Home Caring for Her Children
Suicide is a leading cause of death among young women and perinatal mothers. This paper explores how expectations of motherhood played a role in young women's deaths by suicide. I question the notion that motherhood is a “protective” factor against suicide. Using the concept of “intensive motherhood,” I interrogate how expectations of mothers became fatal. Through analysis of 31 young Australian mothers who died by suicide, three key themes are e…
Drama queens” and “attention seekers
Historically, suicidal women and women in distress have been pathologized and trivialized. Despite high rates of suicidality among women, the role of gender and femininity continue to be overlooked in suicide research. I perform a qualitative “sociological autopsy” on 17 cases of young women who communicated intent before their deaths by suicide but were dismissed or ignored. I identify two tropes of suicidal femininity: “drama queens” and “atten…
Psychology (3 works) · Sociology (3 works) · Grief, Bereavement, and Mental Health (2 works) · Human Factors and Ergonomics (2 works) · Human Factors and Ergonomics (2 works) · Medical emergency (2 works) · Medicine (2 works) · Poison control (2 works) · Political science (2 works) · Social Psychology (2 works)