#himpathy

As argued in earlier chapters, the existence of 'progressive himpathy' means that female victims being denied care ad attention is not just a problem when women and girls are dealing with the conservative right. The latter might be prone to trivialise and mock 'victim culture', dismissing complaints about sexism, racism and homophobia as the whingeing of elites who do not have any 'real' problems.

Oh no it isn't just about s3xual violence!!! Himpathy run deep in lots of cultures it comes with simpatyzing with abusers 2hile ignoring the victims pain. That is mostly from sa where powerful men ends up not facing consequences for their actions and being seen as <poor babies who just made a mistake> but it could also be seen as a phenomenon that resonates a lot with the way abu5e is handled in mha. i just found it interesting jsjsje

Professors Reed and Butler are differently highlighting a basic insight about scholarship: we cannot separate the work from the person. We cannot love the scholarship and feel better about ourselves for hating the scholar’s sin. Whether intended or not, to promote a person’s work by engaging it is to amplify their prestige and to route legitimacy to them. And this disproportionately happens for powerful white men in the academic study of Bible and religion.