Why Women Don't Report Sexual Assault Immediately

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Why don't women talk about it, at least with their friends and family right away? This question comes up again and again when women accuse men of sexual assault years after the fact. Despite what matthew had done to her, she didn't want him. I think it's this un spoken, unconscious knowledge that i think we all have as women about how how the rules work.

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.