Therapy buzzwords won't fix male entitlement and misogyny—as Sarah Brady's revelations over the weekend make clear.
the prescriptive language and vocabulary of therapy used to justify selfish, even manipulative, behaviors.At one point, Brady texts Hill that she’s deleted photos of herself in a swimsuit—which is akin to a professional basketball player deleting all photos of himself in a jersey—to which Hill condescendingly replies, “Good start. You don’t seem to get it. But it’s not my place to teach you. I’ve made my boundaries clear. You refuse to let go of some [photos] and you’ve made that clear.
thing to do. Under the guise of this language, Hill’s emotionally abusive demands of Brady seem infinitely more benign. But setting boundaries is something you do for yourself—not an excuse or moral justification to control others. This wasn’t about giving Brady a real choice; it was entirely about power
, and Brady has said in her social media posts that she now recognizes Hill’s behavior as emotionally abusive. No matter what language you use, however progressive and sophisticated it may be, as sociologist Dr. Nicole BederaIn recent years, we’ve seen significant progress toward destigmatizing mental health struggles and treatments including therapy, and that’s a good thing.
We also, frankly, help create men like Jonah Hill when we treat therapy as a blanket moral benefit; going to therapy doesn’t make anyone a good person by default. It gives people the tools to work on themselves, but if they think they’re automatically “good” by merit of just showing up, there’s a much greater chance therapy will just lead to festering self-righteousness rather than actual self-improvement.
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