Trama's Attack on Janie

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At first janie didn't tell anyone what he'd done, not the police, not any that would have made it real. At the same time, she didn't want to see matthew's face. That was another wish he did not respect. In fact, the night after the assault, he came to where he knew i would be. And when i saw him there, am, i went to him and told him to leave. And he smiled and said, no, you leave. It was clear to me at that point that he was exerting power through that move, and that i didn't really have another choice. I left."

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.