Isn't Rape More Serious Than Armed Robbery?

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i spoke with kate man via skipe. I think that jane is interrogating this reflex to extend care and sympathy to the male perpetrator, often more sympathy than we give to his female victim. i'm really glad that she high lighted whiteness, because race does matter here. If it's a white guy and eno or golden boy, some one who people like, and not an occasion for opogenistic races, am say they woudn't do a fucking thing.

Several years after Janey was sexually assaulted by her former boyfriend, Mathew, she told some of her closest friends, and her mother, what Mathew had done. Janey was so troubled by her loved ones’ responses that she went back to them years later to record conversations about it all. In this episode: Janey’s story, and philosopher Kate Manne, who coined the term “himpathy” in her 2017 book, “Down Girl: The Logic of Misogyny.” With co-hosts John Biewen and Celeste Headlee. Part of our summer mini-season of rebroadcasts.

To hear more of Janey Williams’ story and the conversations she had with friends, check out her podcast, "This Happened", available on most podcast apps and at thishappenedpodcast.com.