'Shoot the Women First' is a series of paintings brought about by researching how women's mental ill health has been treated over the years.
The title of this series comes from advice supposedly given to the sharpshooters in Germany's GSG 9 anti-terrorist squad towards female terrorists.
Women in mental health centres from Bedlam up to today's psychiatric facilities are still classed as 'dangerous' and still 'shot' with drugs/over-medicated rather than just being given a safe place to recover and talk and be listened to.
The title of this series comes from advice supposedly given to the sharpshooters in Germany's GSG 9 anti-terrorist squad towards female terrorists.
Women in mental health centres from Bedlam up to today's psychiatric facilities are still classed as 'dangerous' and still 'shot' with drugs/over-medicated rather than just being given a safe place to recover and talk and be listened to.
