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mansplaining

Mansplaining is a man explaining something to a woman in her own area of expertise.

It was excruciatingly painful to overhear the mansplaining she was subjected to on a daily basis.

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(for a man) to explain something to a woman in the area of her own expertise.

Due to Rebecca Solnit, author of "Men Explain Things To Me."

"I'm quite familiar with turbine design requirements; please don't mansplain."

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