Mansplaining

otherusernamestaken
otherusernamestaken Posts: 182 Member
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So glad I heard about this term. And here I thought hubs was being a jerk when he did it. Apparently they all do it, and when they do, they are not being jerks, they are being men. How nice.
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  • MonkeyMel21
    MonkeyMel21 Posts: 2,396 Member
    edited May 2016
    Is this an example of "mansplaining", or......?



    edit: I just did a search for it and so many threads popped up, lmao. Still don't know what it is exactly.
  • RespectTheKitty
    RespectTheKitty Posts: 1,667 Member
    edited May 2016
    man·splain
    manˈsplān/

    (of a man) explain (something) to someone, typically a woman, in a manner regarded as condescending or patronizing.

    ETA: "Mansplaining" is one of my favorite types of words: a portmanteau, which is a combining of two words to create a new word
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    Gioeyebrow Posts: 404 Member
    edited May 2016
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  • Scamd83
    Scamd83 Posts: 808 Member
    sunn_lighter wrote: »
    _John_ wrote: »
    y'all are all just insecure and allow yourselves to be offended too easily.

    john, female humans are complicated because they have "emotions" which cause "feelings". these things are useful to female humans in ways that are too difficult to explain to you without creating some kind analogy involving football and fishing. why don't you just go do your beer-drinking fantasy sports thing and we'll talk about it some other time <3

    I'm going to assume you're directing that sharp comeback at John specifically rather than the whole male gender. But I am quite disappointed you didn't do some sort of football related analogy.
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  • yusaku02
    yusaku02 Posts: 3,472 Member
    PurringMyrrh wrote: »
    Mansplaining is just another word created by feminazis that cry about equality then preach inequality. Feminazis that have mugs with sayings like "male tears" on the side, but would completely lose it and go on a soapbox rant if a man had a mug that said "female tears"

    That mug is actually really funny when you go on urban dictionary and look up what 'male tears' means ;)
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  • chunky_pinup
    chunky_pinup Posts: 758 Member
    wilsoncl6 wrote: »
    Wow, all humans are complicated, have emotions and feelings. Males just seem to have an easier time controlling them. Sounds like someone has a lot of hatred for men in general. I recommend counseling.

    So I guess that's why after a break-up we will cry with some ice cream and move on while males go and stalk/murder their ex? Because you have an easier time controlling your emotions?

  • your_pal_crusher
    your_pal_crusher Posts: 4,437 Member
    This is a great thread!
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  • wolverine66
    wolverine66 Posts: 3,779 Member
    sunn_lighter wrote: »
    Scamd83 wrote: »
    sunn_lighter wrote: »
    _John_ wrote: »
    y'all are all just insecure and allow yourselves to be offended too easily.

    john, female humans are complicated because they have "emotions" which cause "feelings". these things are useful to female humans in ways that are too difficult to explain to you without creating some kind analogy involving football and fishing. why don't you just go do your beer-drinking fantasy sports thing and we'll talk about it some other time <3

    I'm going to assume you're directing that sharp comeback at John specifically rather than the whole male gender. But I am quite disappointed you didn't do some sort of football related analogy.

    i was mansplaining mansplaining

    @_John_ is cool

    is it not womansplaining? is that a thing?
  • wolverine66
    wolverine66 Posts: 3,779 Member
    yusaku02 wrote: »
    PurringMyrrh wrote: »
    Mansplaining is just another word created by feminazis that cry about equality then preach inequality. Feminazis that have mugs with sayings like "male tears" on the side, but would completely lose it and go on a soapbox rant if a man had a mug that said "female tears"

    That mug is actually really funny when you go on urban dictionary and look up what 'male tears' means ;)

    no way am i doing this
  • Espressocycle
    Espressocycle Posts: 2,245 Member
    I'm still not clear on when explaining becomes mansplaining. Does it have to be sexist, or can it just be insensitive in a general way? Can I mansplain to another man, or only to a woman? As far as I can tell, mansplaining just means thinking you're right.
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  • willammoney
    willammoney Posts: 137 Member
    If you don't want me to mans plain then don't ask

    I'm not your Google
  • rml_16
    rml_16 Posts: 16,414 Member
    otherusernamestaken wrote: »
    So glad I heard about this term. And here I thought hubs was being a jerk when he did it. Apparently they all do it, and when they do, they are not being jerks, they are being men. How nice.

    They do not all do it. And they are being jerks when they do it.
  • TwinkieDong
    TwinkieDong Posts: 1,564 Member
    This is simply a femiNAZI term. They use any and every tactic to try and put down men. Men do explain this as history has shown men create things. Trains, planes, cars, rockets, telescopes, tires, telephones, radios, television, electricity, atomic energy, computers, and fax machines. All miracles made possible by the minds and spirits of men with names like Ampere, Bell, Caselli, Edison, Ohm, Faraday, Einstein, Cohen, Teller, Shockley, Hertz, Marconi, Morse, Popov. Ford, Volta, Michelin, Dunlop, Watt, Diesel, Galileo, and other "dead white males."
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  • eeejer
    eeejer Posts: 339 Member
    Jerks are condescending, gender notwithstanding. Plenty of women think they know it all as well.
  • gothomson
    gothomson Posts: 215 Member
    unfortunately it does happen, and its wrong. So does that make me a feminazi? Of course not. also if you "liked" that one look up "Manterupting" :-)
  • eeejer
    eeejer Posts: 339 Member
    You have to watch out for these as well https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/brocialist oh and we all hate https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manspreading

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