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I don't do a feminist made up word meant to silence men.
On that same token I don't explain things in a condescending way to anyone.
9 times out of 10 when someone uses that term, they just don't like that they were wrong or disagreed with.
I had an ex use it with me all the time any time I disagreed with her. One time it was about cell phones and Bluetooth data, she was under the false impression that she was charged for it. So rather than telling her she was wrong, I spoke to a customer service agent in front of her who happened to be female and had her explain it.. And yet I was still some how mansplaining.
It's a bullshit made up word.
Hey, I don’t know if you are one of these misandrist…it’s misandrists that complain about us men when we try to help you women advance and learn something. Let me tell you what this is about…. It’s the man haters (misandrist) that act this way. Now, these types are worse than even your Femi-Nazi. Even the Femi-Nazi don’t hate everything about the man…. Misandrist just as soon men be eradicated or at best servant-slaves…it’s these people and you may be one of them that complain about so called “man-splaining”. 🙃
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First, "mansplaining" isn't even a word. Only an immature person would use it.
It's the height of condescension in response to perceived condescension.
It shows a bitterness toward masculinity.
Use of the word shows weakness, defensiveness, fragility, and an inability to engage as an equal.
If the word ever had any validity, it's been overused. I think it originally described the tendency of certain types of men to interrupt women and speak over them as if the woman was a child. It was a dismissive attitude; an assertion of dominance and superiority.
It also describes people who speak with authority when they know less about a subject than the person they are "splaining" to. In those cases, it has nothing to do with gender.
But "mansplaining" came to be used as a weapon by certain women to essentially tell men to shut up. Do those women think they gain any respect by using it?
Men are taught all their lives to be assertive and competitive in order to succeed. Men who exude dominance at all times are ass holes. They are simply disrespectful. But accusing them of mansplaining is a very weak response and causes a woman to lose respect and credibility. It is actually conceding the fact that the man has the power to behave in that manner in the first place.
I've been guilty of "splaining" before. But all I was trying to do was communicate. It had nothing to do with the other person's gender. I've heard women "splain" too. So why does the word "explain" ( abbreviated to "splain") need the gendered word "man" as a prefix? In the end, "mansplain" is sexist.
If a woman accuses me of mansplaining, she loses all credibility and I no longer want anything to do with her because she's not only stupid, she has issues. She's too "woke" and confrontational to deserve my respect.
Here's a good article on the subject:
https://www.makeuseof.com/tag/mansplaining-origins-misuse-term/
No, and that’s not really a thing. Sometimes people explain things to people. Sometimes people on the receiving end of an explanation feel “talked down to”. That’s on the receiver, not the person trying to help. The term “mansplaining” is evidence that the person using it has chosen a victimhood mentality. Sometimes people DO talk down to people, but it goes both ways. Mothers talk down to fathers constantly. Are they “womansplaining”, or just trying to help when the help isn’t really necessary?
If someone is explaining something to you that they don’t need to, you can just “Thanx, but i’ve got this.” or you can get on your soapbox and wah wah about how helpful people are oppressing you. Ell oh ell!
I've heard it before.
Usually from the BuzzFeed-type feminism back in the mid 2010's.
Yes, it is sexist, because it suggests that men intentionally speak over women because they don't take them seriously, when in reality, if these women had ACTUAL male friends, they'd know that guys talk over and condescend each other all the time. But certain activist women want to make it about them.
I'm rather glad it's not a very popular term... and I imagine it doesn't have much time left before the feminists figure out that it's a "gendered term," which they claim to be against. I wouldn't hold my breath.
I probably used it a couple times as a joke, actually making fun of the word. For the most part, I'm fucking sick and tired of these kiddie winkies and their hip new lingo!! I was watching a video last night where this woman used the word, "narrative" 3 fucking times in less than 10 seconds!! The word was used at least 6 other times in that same 13:00 long video!! To me, a narrative is, if you're watching a movie or t. v. show and somebody off camera is telling a short part of the story, if not the entire story, as you watch the live or animated action!!
No, I do not use such an idiotic feminist term, nor do I respect any retard who does. If someone in real life said I was mansplaining, I'd say they were "idiotsplaining" and I don't waste my time with sexist idiots, and would then turn my back, dismiss them and ignore them like they weren't even there, not even giving them a chance to respond back. Just shut the whole conversation down and refuse to let them hold my attention again.
I gotta say I hate the term ‘mansplaining’, and find it to be nothing more than an insulting, offensive quip that insecure women use as cover when a man clearly knows more about something than they do. Some women need to get over their insecurities and accept that sometimes men really do know what the hell they are talking about. And that sometimes women do too!
I try to stay up-to-date on what peoples areas of expertise are in case I need to know something from them. As a library in my expertise is in finding the information somewhere else, not necessarily having all of human history and achievement memorized.
You'd find it plenty here. This site has quite a handful of incels. For example,
I'd to give example from another site since GaG would probably take my opinion down if I did so from here.
Most times I have seen someone complain about “mansplaining,” it has been a rhetorical device to devalue the man’s opinion without having to use logic or reason. I consider it bad-faith argumentation and say so. I also say “I’m not mansplaining, I’m Marek-splaining.”
Mansplaining is a sexist term
https://youtu.be/TJyQpRfaGnwOnly when a guy is getting condescending with a woman, and only when it's really painfully obvious that the guy wouldn't be pulling the same tone with her if she were a "he."
u I have "teaching" instincts and I like to explain things so that someone understands, but I hope that it is never perceived as condescending.
Nope, I just contest lies with facts. If you tell the truth then there is likely never any conflict and life runs smooth.
I only do that to people that think that they know everything about anything. When they don’t know what they are talking about.
Though I did have a supervisor once that was too stupid to know that I was doing my best to insult him!
Probably. I don't think I would know if I did or not.
Yes, I want to do it, I always have and I will continue to do it.
Please mansplain the definition to me again.
I have come across that feminist word a few times. Really don't care what they think.
In general if I have to explain something to anyone more then two times I become a asshole.
I do it only when like she has the wrong meaning behind something she thought was right
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