You Men Get That Women Are Human, Right?

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Janie's not trying to criticize her mother. She wanted to examine this tendency that is in so many of us d and somehow try to understand it. That's exactly what kate mann tries to do in her book. And don't forget that she herself, janie felt concerned about matthew and wanted to protect him, even though he'd sexually molested her.

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.