"The feminist philosopher Kate Manne coined the term 'himpathy' to describe the 'tendency to dismiss the female perspective altogether, to empathize with the powerful man over his less powerful alleged female victim.' What Kavanaugh did today was activate the Republican Party’s powerful sense of himpathy: His suffering was the question, and Ford’s suffering, to say nothing of any further search for the truth, slipped soundlessly beneath the water."
~ Ezra Klein
https://www.vox.com/explainers/2018/9/27/17909782/brett-kavanaugh-christine-ford-supreme-court-senate-sexual-assault-testimony
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