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mansplaining

is 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.
On the quiz show Jeopardy, the answer to the question "What is mansplaining?" was "This 21st century word happens when a male patronizingly tells a female about a topic she already understands.
by melliegussie April 19, 2018
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