Our thanks to Rod for this (video, 15:37). From the video description:
“Bret Weinstein reacts to a study presented by Heather Heying in Episode 311 of The Evolutionary Lens, which suggests that, unlike men, women tend to show empathy regardless of whether it is justified.
“Everybody is competing for the claim of most victimized because that brings about the most power.”
Watch the full episode: https://youtube.com/live/7GWPEFIF5lc (video, 1:58:24).”
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Justice for Men & Boys 
I remain unconvinced about female “empathy”. In my experience the understanding of others this describes is not what is going on. I prefer the word sympathy. For two reasons; a. this implies no actual understanding but just being nice and b. it is often expressed in words without actually involving any action. Were it true that women were good at empathy I would not have wasted so much time in my professional career (in a 90% female workforce) dealing with disputes that could have been solved by simply checking something out rather than assuming one knew what someone “really” meant. What actually went on was projection onto the situation and an aversion to “did you mean?”. Whereas women spend a good deal of time on projecting themselves as “nice” and perform sympathy often ostentatiously, giving to charity or volunteering but all the while being sure that everyone knows how sympathetic they are. Whereas the men I’ve known who are generous and do volunteer etc. are usually very difficult to celebrate because they’re so reluctant to “make a fuss”. Far from “empathy” what is on offer is sympathy, and being seen to be sympathetic.
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