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Mansplaining

The act of a man explaining something he may not really know to a woman who does, and the assumption behind it that knowledge is somehow inherent in the male condition, paralleling a void of knowledge waiting to be filled in the female condition.

At a coffee shop, a group of mothers discuss breastfeeding; a man interjects to provide his opinion of the pros and cons of the activity, thereby mansplaining.

by 500trees March 11, 2017