Entitled: How Male Privilege Hurts Women, by Kate Manne

Emma Rees praises a lively yet forensic analysis of systemic misogyny

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August 20, 2020
Last updated
August 20, 2020
Participants at the Women's March in New York City on January 21, 2017. The placard at centre refers to US President Donald Trump and reads: 'Can't comb over misogyny'
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Print headline: A feminist’s wary optimism

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"The Kavanaugh case exemplifies what Manne calls “himpathy”, a neologism that originated in Down Girl and which is defined here as “the way powerful and privileged boys and men who commit acts of sexual violence or engage in other misogynistic behaviour often receive sympathy and concern over their female victims”." - Did Manne really say that? You would think a philosophy professor would base her conclusions on something more reliable than a recovered memory that was disputed at the time by other witnesses.
Manne's accomplishments are a living contradiction to her claims of systemic misogyny. So is the fact that girls are achieving much better than boys in education, lifespan, incarceration, death by suicide rates etc. But you know, women always have it worse...

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