himpathy
The judge in the Brock Turner case showed excessive himpathy when he worried more about the rapist's future than the victim's.
himpathy by -Ambisinister- May 3, 2018
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Himpathy
Sympathy for male perpetrators of violence against women, rather than for female victims of male violence. It is mostly displayed in rape and domestic violence cases, resulting in a slap on the wrist, if anything.
Example of himpathy:
Mother: Your honor, this man kidnapped and raped my daughter at gunpoint and has shown no remorse. Please hold him accountable by sentencing him to prison.
Judge: Prison would be very hard on him and cost him his job. The poor man has suffered enough already. I'm sentencing him to 6 months of probation.
Mother: But your honor, what about my daughter?
Judge: Well maybe she shouldn't have been wearing a skirt. She was clearly asking for it. Next case.
Mother: Your honor, this man kidnapped and raped my daughter at gunpoint and has shown no remorse. Please hold him accountable by sentencing him to prison.
Judge: Prison would be very hard on him and cost him his job. The poor man has suffered enough already. I'm sentencing him to 6 months of probation.
Mother: But your honor, what about my daughter?
Judge: Well maybe she shouldn't have been wearing a skirt. She was clearly asking for it. Next case.
Himpathy by qbdkusoemv May 9, 2020
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Himpathise
When a man fails in his attempts to sympathise with a woman's issue, due to his inability to comprehend it and his general ignorance that comes from being a man.
Himpathise by Phat Geoff May 8, 2019
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Hempreneurs understand that in order to have good relations with the farmer and processors one must know how to have a little hempathy in the cannabiz space. (Hempin' ain't easy.)
Hempathy by #mrshempstress August 17, 2020
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