Is mansplaining a sexist term?

[stratford]

Do you find the term mansplaining to be sexist?

Have you told someone to stop mansplaining?

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+1 y

Well this certainly blew up!

[Amara_09]

No. Believe if a man wants to mansplain , he can. But do I really care? No because I get back at them and believe me, I am good at taking down these kind of men down a notch………not everything must be handled with violence……. use your words, you will know how easy it is

[stratford]

Interesting.

[Amara_09]

I know I am interesting , I have a way with my words

[Billlewis]

Yes, ma'am.

[Joshydavid25]

Women talk over people and "womansplain" all the time and yet there's no word for it..

[Curmudgeon]

@Joshydavid25 Well, that's just pushing their dogma, and that is more ideological than gender specific.

[Joshydavid25]

@Curmudgeon Oh no I'm talking about in regular conversations too.. I got talked over and explained to by women plenty of times.

[Curmudgeon]

@Joshydavid25 Ah, so they just assume you could not understand something just because you are a man, even if you have studied it in detail or have had it explained to you ad nauseum before? OK, yah, I could see that happening.

[Joshydavid25]

@Curmudgeon Hahahaha Of course.. Not a man per say.. Just that maybe I didn't understand or just talking over me in general.. Or just being condescending.. Basically I'm saying the same thing you're saying.. It's not a gender specific trait.. Since both men and women do it..

[ManOnFire]

Maybe, but ultimately to me is not even a relevant term. 'Mainsplaining' got started in the early 2000s from a bunch of angry white-feminists. Not all white women in general, because there are many who are excellent people and great friends, just white feminist women in college and Wall Street journalists who were intent on bending the world how they wanted it, by even creating terminology to vilify men. These women are the reason why our societies are so messed up.

[Curmudgeon]

@ManOnFire All too often, bingo, this is spot on. Your rational response conflicts with their dogma and indoctrination, so they call it "mansplaining".

[ManOnFire]

@Curmudgeon They hate the truth, even when you have women that say the same thing as a man. Then they'll blame it on "ingrained misogyny" for why women don't agree with feminism.

[NamerOfStars]

That would be, yes. The appropriate response would be something like "Oh, quit ovary-acting; you sound shetarded".

I mean, if they want to play the sexism game, they should be prepared to play defense, too...

[Metallsturm]

I think mansplaining is actually a compliment. It means that a man is explaining something -- laconically, logically and clearly, unlike women 🤷‍♂️

[stratford]

Not sure whether to laugh or cry at this repsonse 😂

[Curmudgeon]

@stratford Sorry if the Truth all too often hurts. I suppose you are using the definition of "mansplaining" as a condescending attitude when taken to explaining something to a woman. Fair enough, that can happen. But all too often, a Leftist woman calls any rational explanation that conflicts with her dogma and her indoctrination "mansplaining", when it is not that at all.

[loveslongnails]

It's no different than being womansplained, is it, except that men do it far more often? It's sexist in the sense that it connotes a specific negative to one gender, but I also think it's kinda funny because I get it, when it's applicable. LOL

[normalice]

I honestly believe it was invented by some far right think tank in an attempt to make feminism look like just another faction of dumb bullies.

[VanillaBomb]

@normalice these turns are invented by leftists to opress men

[normalice]

That's what right wing media tells you to think but I have my doubts.

[VanillaBomb]

Of course you do

[normalice]

anyone with sense would, yes. The far right billionaires can only hoard so much unearned wealth before people catch on that they are doing something manipulative to get it.

[VanillaBomb]

That's your opinion

[normalice]

Opinion based on observation instead of "what I want to be true," yes. In fact I very much don't want this to be true, but there is no evidence that it is any other way..

[VanillaBomb]

That's again your opinion unfortunately

[normalice]

Oh, it's you again..

[VanillaBomb]

That's your opinion again

[normalice]

I'm not going to make you feel bad for wanting young men, sorry.

[VanillaBomb]

That's your opinion again...

[normalice]

It is a statement of fact that I'm not going to try to make you feel bad for wanting young men. Your insistence that everything you don't want to acknowledge is an opinion is what gave you away this time.

[VanillaBomb]

This is once again your opinion on how you see things 😊

[normalice]

You are allowed to believe whatever you want, I suppose. But no, it is a fact that I'm not going to tell to make you feel bad for wanting young men.

[VanillaBomb]

It's an opinion you think what you think and believe in makes sense ☺️

[normalice]

Again, believe whatever you'd like but it is a fact that I'm not going to try to make you feel bad for wanting young men. You will have to satisfy your weird kink elsewhere.

[VanillaBomb]

That's your opinion once again you think that

[normalice]

Again, no one can stop you from believing the exact opposite of what you are observing in real time, but the fact is I'm not going to try to make you feel bad for wanting young men. You will have to satisfy that kink elsewhere.

[VanillaBomb]

No you believe what you want to believe. It's just your opinion

[normalice]

I'm still not going to try to make you feel bad for wanting young men.

[VanillaBomb]

That's your own delusion

[VanillaBomb]

At least you changed to men from boys. That was creepy

[normalice]

I'm not going to make you feel bad for wanting young boys, either. Sorry.

[VanillaBomb]

That's what you think

[normalice]

It is a fact that I'm definitely not going to satisfy your kink of trying to make you feel bad for wanting young males. You will have to try to get your kicks from someone else.

[VanillaBomb]

What you think doesn't concern me. In fact I couldn't care less about your opinion on me

[normalice]

I don't care whether you care or not. Because you keep replying to me I will keep reminding you that I'm not going to try to make you feel bad for wanting young males.

[Pete671]

Just another excuse to slag men off by sexually frustrated women, what about femsplaining where guys who can't get a girlfriend complain about women using 100 words when 10 would do, and never give a straight answer to any question?

[Joshydavid25]

I would say so.. It seemed like it was basically a way for feminist to shut men up..

[CozyCoffin]

Yeah. It's just explaining something to someone.

[HouseMoat]

Yeah

It's like, why do I have to shut up, just because I'm a man?

[Anonymous]

It is a sexist term and I have only told people to stop mansplaining to be ironic.

[mandyfire98]

I've absolutely been mainsplained to. Many times.

[stratford]

Is just a thing that guys do?

[mandyfire98]

No I'm sure women have done it too but it's more common in society for men to do it because it's ingrained in society at this point. For the longest times throughout this countries history women were second class. Men were dominant and therefore their opinions mattered. Women were to be seen not heard and definitely not taken seriously. That becomes ingrained in society much like racism has. It's getting a lot better mind you but it's hard to completely break.

It definitely happens both ways but far more often one way. I've personally experienced it on a weekly basis.

[mandyfire98]

I often have men tell me how my own vagina works 😂😂

[stratford]

In a complementary way I hope!

[spartan55]

Sexist? Na. Misused? Stupid? YES

[NathanDavis]

it's a meme...

relax, lol

[Dargil]

I don't even know what that is.

[Billlewis]

@Dargil 'Mansplaining' is similar to 'whitesplaining', in that it is portrayed as being biased towards men and white folks, when we're articulating our point of view.

[Dargil]

@Billlewis is there Femsplaining and Brownsplaining? Or are only male and white viewpoints "biased"?

[Billlewis]

I'll let you draw your own conclusions about that.

[laly520]

definitely a sexist term

[Anonymous]

I never have. It probably is.