Hympathy Is Not Just Something Men Do

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Kate mann: hympathy is not just something men do. She says it's a deeply embedded habit of mind, one that seems so natural for many of us we don't even know we're doing it. We need to see the habit before we can break it, she writes. The story starts with janie williams and what happened 15 years ago.

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.