Do you think the word 'mansplaining' is sexist?

[Chief16]

Yes.

No.

[LegateLanius]

Let me counter your question with a question: Would “womansplain” be a sexist term? The answer to both is a resounding “yes”.
The term establishes an inaccurate stereotype that all men are condescending misogynists. It’s designed to instantly disqualify anyone who was born with a Y-chromosome from any conversation, particularly when something is being debated. It unfairly targets an entire gender with a broad generalization.
Does this mean that “reverse sexism” is a thing? No. Does it mean that there aren’t men out there who are condescending pricks toward women? Of course not.
Childish terms like this are divisive and needlessly insulting. If a man (or woman) is being condescending, we already have a word for that: Condescending.

[HungLikeAHorsefly]

Well, that image you posted isn't what "mansplaining" is. If you're basing your opinion of the concept on that image, you're gonna have a bad time.

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My definition - and I think most other people familiar with the concept - is when a man explains things a woman *already knows* in great detail, on the assumption that a woman wouldn't naturally know anything about that topic.

For example, I once saw a dude wax on and on about cosmology to a female colleague of mine. He talked so much she couldn't get a word in edgewise. She's got a Ph. D. in Astrophysics and is actually kind of famous for her work on black holes. That's mansplaining, and it's the act - not the word - that is sexist.

[Anonymous]

The comic doesn't display true mansplaining. Mansplaining is when a guy condescendingly explains something to a girl that she already knows (as he has assumed that she is ignorant because she is female). Most common when women work in "male-dominated" workplaces, such as auto shops or even video game stores.

[taytayasks]

THANK YOUUUUUUU. Jesus I hate the stupid assumptions people make about these types of things without doing their research or hearing both sides. You are one in a million

[Iwasthinking]

one butthurt male disliked this

[taytayasks]

That's what I was thinking 😂 probably the same guy that called feminism cancer

[Iwasthinking]

@taytayasks yeah

[ThisDudeHere]

If it's a male- dominated environment then it is not all that unreasonable to assume that perhaps the only female present may lack some knowledge that a knowledgeable man could explain.

That and there's always the whole thing of the women explaining that she does indeed know the subject matter and that there's no need to explain. That's far easier than to whine about mansplaining.

[Opinion Owner]

@ThisDudeHere Or you could just not assume that women are automatically incompetent. 👍 If a woman is at her JOB, then it's fairly safe to assume she knows what she's doing.

Forgot to add, the other common form of mansplaining is when men try to tell women about how our own bodies work. Such as a man saying "epidurals are unnecessary because labor isn't that bad." 🙄

Anyway, just don't be a condescending tool. It's really not hard.

[ThisDudeHere]

"Or you could just not assume that women are automatically incompetent."

Or you could just not assume that the man's assuming that you're incompetent. Men explain things to each other all the time - they just want everyone to be up to speed on everything. Better explain something to someone who already knows it, than not explain it to someone who maybe doesn't. You won't lose an arm for hearing something you already know.

"Anyway, just don't be a condescending tool. It's really not hard."

I noticed that a lot of these complaints about "mansplaining" come from women who pretty much strive to take offence at as many things as possible.

[TheGreatShepherd]

People explain things in a more simple manor depending on how much they presume the other person knows, its polite to not over complicate explanations, and you just admitted it happens in male dominated work places, (not sure why its in speech marks)... Calling it mansplaining is a ridiculous accusation that only men do this to women

[taytayasks]

Sexist towards women (it's a condescending way of trying to explain something to a woman just based off the fact she is a female and she couldn't POSSIBLY know better. Newsflash: We probably already know, and even if we don't that's no excuse to be patronizing.)

[AskDoge]

And nagging is sexist towards men. Its the same thing but pointed at men.

[taytayasks]

Nagging is gender-neutral. Happens to guys and girls. Guys have their problems and girls have ours. I'm just covering the definition of mansplaining, don't need to get in a big huff.

[Cccgala]

The term 'mansplaining' implies an accusation that seems to dismiss the merit of an argument and the intent of enlightenment done by a male due to his gender, a superficial attribute that has no ultimate bearing on one's display of courtesy.

[lucas262]

Sooo its sexist.

[ThisDudeHere]

It's just another trash buzzword that the regressive feminist left came up with.

[Catholicgirl22]

I guess it is. As it's singling someone out due to their gender.
I saw this on YouTube and they guy is right.

https://youtu.be/TJyQpRfaGnw

[Bandit74]

I believe it is sexist. It implies that being condescending towards the opposite sex is something that only men do which is bullshit. If anything, I would argue that women are the ones who are more likely to be condescending. It is also a word used to shame men into not expressing their viewpoints.

[MrMilti]

Mansplaining is just a cheap way to discard the opinion of a man, without having to actually deal with the facts.

[TadCurious]

Yeah, I do think it's sexist. But if the hard core feminists and other SJWs didn't have double standards they'd have no standards at all.

[SkittleMayn]

https://gyazo.com/c24ed00a7aedc09e83be7ab8b61608ce

[eatadic]

Mainsplaining is another dumb made up feminist term. They are cancer.

[taytayasks]

*slow claps* amazing. When's your Ted Talk? SOOOO INSPIRING. Kek

[eatadic]

@taytayasks don't cut yourself on your edge.

[Anonymous]

it might be over used, but i promise you this phenomenon exists. I know a few guy at work who are guilty of doing it on occasion and it makes the women furious.

[ChronicThinker]

No. Because if men stopped man spreading women would bitch when they had to adjust their balls in public.

[ChronicThinker]

Wait, I mean, it is kind of a sexist word, but the act isn’t

[0112358]

Who will be the first to mansplain what mansplaining is?

[Pamina]

As with all buzzwords, there's some legit background to it but it is often misused so much until it becomes vacuous.

[Pamina]

P. S.: I don't know if it's just me, but only half of the comic strip is showing.

[M0NG00SE]

By pure definition it is since it has Man in the title. Like spokesman or businessman. The latter I don't mind, mansplaining is a fucking stupid made up word from bitch SJW snowflake feminists

[Rissyanne]

I think it is something stupid that a crazy feminist made up...

[Outofthegrey]

I think a lot of people confuse "having to do with the sexes in any capacity" with being sexist.

[Kiran04]

Of course it is, but I don't really care. I barley even hear the term anymore, because it was always a bullshit fad created by feminists to dismiss men's arguments. It failed. Let it die.

[YDoIKeepDoingThisLol]

Yes. It implies that someone has no right to speak on something because they are a man. It's the very definition of sexism.

[YDoIKeepDoingThisLol]

Downvoters: Explain to me how I'm wrong. I'm waiting.

[HungLikeAHorsefly]

I'm not sure you have a very good grasp on what "mansplaining" means.

[YDoIKeepDoingThisLol]

I'm not sure you realize that the whole idea of "mansplaining" is a nonsensical idea and therefore a useless word in the first place.

[HungLikeAHorsefly]

What's your definition of it, then?

[YDoIKeepDoingThisLol]

"(of a man) explain (something) to someone, typically a woman, in a manner regarded as condescending or patronizing." There are words for this already. It's called being condescending, arrogant, rude, etc. There is no need to make a word to differentiate when it's specifically a man doing it to a woman in a sexist manner. The types of people who use this word are hardcore feminists, who's examples of "mansplaining" are simply men they're trying to silence by accusing of being sexist. It's the classic logic fallacy of ad hominem, or attacking ones character. Even if a man IS being condescending, that says nothing about the validity of his statement (s) he's making.

[HungLikeAHorsefly]

No, that's not what an ad hominem is. An ad hominem is an attack on a person's character that *isn't related to the issue being discussed* and is thus fallacious because it doesn't apply to the topic.

For instance, if you saw a man murder another man right in front of you, it would not be an ad hominem at all to call that man a murderer. If that man later made a statement such as "Ford is better than Chevy", and you claimed Chevy is better because only a murderer would think Ford is better... then THAT is an ad hominem because it utilizes an attack on the man's character as a way to avoid the topic of discussion.

If a man is being condescending to another AND the reason is because that other person is a woman, then that is a sexist act. Calling him a sexist at that point IS the topic of discussion, and is not an ad hominem. The word "mansplaining" describes this scenario.

You'll also note that "mansplaining" doesn't make any judgement about the validity of the man's argument.

[YDoIKeepDoingThisLol]

I concede, partially. You're right on most accounts however I still think it's sexist given the contexts it's usually used in. I think feminists often use it to try to wrongfully silence men and accuse them of something that they many times aren't even doing.

[YDoIKeepDoingThisLol]

Which is where the ad hominem comes into play. I think to accuse a man of mansplaining, when he isn't doing it, is an attempt to silence him by attacking his character. Which in that context is an ad hominem.

[Malevolent95]

I’m actually surprised that more men thought it wasn’t sexist than women, this gives me a tiny bit more faith that there may be good women out there.

[Gnome0]

It's shaming a guy for having an opinion and expressing it. This is when feminism becomes too subjective and myopic. We cannot read minds people. This is evidence of a sort of systematic misandry.

[dwiller943]

No. But trying to correct women on something she already knows is sexist.

[The_Gentelman]

Well since anything in this univers has a counterpart: Has anyone here a (good) example for womansplaining?

[Anonymous]

I meant to put yes, but my phone dropped while I was pressing and put no, lol...