Kate Manne

Manne says decades of consent education have not meaningfully reduced sexual assault rates, with some evidence of an increase.

“we have not seen rates of sexual assault go down meaningfully. In fact, we're seeing some evidence of an uptick”

Call Her Daddy: I am Jane Doe (Oct 11, 2026) · Listen from 52:50

Manne argues consent education is insufficient because many perpetrators deliberately seek to violate women.

“I think in many cases, unfortunately, the violation is the point”

Call Her Daddy: I am Jane Doe (Oct 11, 2026) · Listen from 50:33

Manne argues that consenting to some sexual activity does not imply consent to more, so sexually adventurous women can still be raped.

“You can consent to have sex with two men. but not five men or seven men”

Call Her Daddy: I am Jane Doe (Oct 11, 2026) · Listen from 38:30

Manne objects that Jane Doe dropped out without a tuition refund while five of the seven accused men may graduate.

“why Jane Doe ends up dropping out and not getting her tuition refunded while five of the seven men who she alleged attacked her are left free to graduate”

Call Her Daddy: I am Jane Doe (Oct 11, 2026) · Listen from 16:56

Manne says Cornell Health allegedly did not offer Jane Doe a rape kit despite her reporting traumatic injuries.

“the physician or medical provider, whoever it was, didn't follow up and, for example, offered to take a rape kit”

Call Her Daddy: I am Jane Doe (Oct 11, 2026) · Listen from 14:10

Manne cites statistics that about a quarter of female undergraduates experience sexual assault during college.

“roughly a quarter of female undergraduates will be subject to sexual assault during their four years in college, which is really shocking”

Call Her Daddy: I am Jane Doe (Oct 11, 2026) · Listen from 8:09

Manne calls for trauma-informed campus police and a complete reform of Title IX investigative offices.

“We need to get really serious about Title IX investigative offices and completely reforming that process”

Call Her Daddy: I am Jane Doe (Oct 11, 2026) · Listen from 1:12:09

Manne advocates zero-tolerance policies requiring expulsion for serious sexual misconduct on all campuses.

“I really think that we need to become a zero tolerance campus and that all campuses need to apply this policy”

Call Her Daddy: I am Jane Doe (Oct 11, 2026) · Listen from 17:31

Manne recommends teaching boys to care for others as a deeper approach than consent education.

“there is something really possible here to do that is a lot bigger and deeper and more radical than consent education, which is teach boys to care”

Call Her Daddy: I am Jane Doe (Oct 11, 2026) · Listen from 1:09:44

Manne describes a 'bro code' in all-male groups whose first rule is to escalate rather than stop immoral proposals.

“One is that if someone proposes something immoral or illegal, you don't call it out. You don't say no. You don't shut it down. You ratchet it up”

Call Her Daddy: I am Jane Doe (Oct 11, 2026) · Listen from 24:11

Manne insists moral blame for rape lies entirely with the rapist even while discussing practical risk reduction.

“Rape is always 100% the fault of the rapist, 0% on the victim”

Call Her Daddy: I am Jane Doe (Oct 11, 2026) · Listen from 59:50

Manne says people in larger bodies face slightly elevated rates of sexual violence because perpetrators expect them not to be believed.

“Sexual violence is actually slightly elevated for people who are in larger bodies”

Call Her Daddy: I am Jane Doe (Oct 11, 2026) · Listen from 33:26

Manne cites Jane Doe's lawsuit as noting that fraternity houses are nearly uninsurable, ranking close to hazardous waste disposal in insurance risk.

“they are virtually uninsurable. That's how dangerous fraternity houses are, that they're just a hair below hazardous waste disposal and asbestos removal in terms of insurance risk”

Call Her Daddy: I am Jane Doe (Oct 11, 2026) · Listen from 57:22

Manne argues campus sexual violence is not unique to Cornell but ubiquitous across campuses.

“This is absolutely not a uniquely Cornell problem. And I say this not to defend my employer”

Call Her Daddy: I am Jane Doe (Oct 11, 2026) · Listen from 8:59

Manne argues misogyny is best understood as a social system enforcing patriarchal norms rather than individual hatred.

“understand misogyny as not hatred in boys' hearts, but rather as a social system that punishes and enforces patriarchal norms and expectations”

Call Her Daddy: I am Jane Doe (Oct 11, 2026) · Listen from 20:45

Manne defines hympathy as sympathy and loyalty toward male perpetrators over female victims.

“hympathy is my word for the scenarios where we have sympathy and loyalty for a male perpetrator of misogyny over a female victim”

Call Her Daddy: I am Jane Doe (Oct 11, 2026) · Listen from 18:14

Manne says Cornell police removed Jane Doe's statement that she was raped and condensed her testimony into six pages for the district attorney.

“They deleted that from her statement and condensed it into a mere six pages, which they then gave to the Tompkins County DA”

Call Her Daddy: I am Jane Doe (Oct 11, 2026) · Listen from 13:54