This group of protesters in Montreal was part of a number of Mother's Day protests against electroshock, or ECT. Yawn. ECT is called a tool of the patriarchy and often brought up in antipsychiatry rants because it's a scary image for those who don't know its modern uses. As for sexism, more women are depressed than men, 2/3 of cases, but protesters like Bonnie Burstow turn such unremarkable statistics into blaming the patriarchy. Treatment is violence against women, and of course, psychiatrists who use ECT are just like rapists.

More and more feminist groups are buying into antipsychiatry crap like this. Rape crisis centres, women's referral centres, education groups, - these are front lines for some types of mental health care (like for PTSD) and they're now planning to tell women who benefit from ECT to fear it instead. Mental health is so, so unamusing...but at least you can giggle at these women's hats.