What a man does when he assumes that most of the women he talks to need to hear his explanations. The problem is not the explanation itself but the underlying and often unconscious belief in inequality, the systematic assumption that women are not very intelligent, knowledgeable or competent. Mansplaining is always talking down, a form of condescension. It can be done with contempt and scorn or with benevolence and generosity, the way a father may explain something to a child.
Someone is mansplaining if they:
–When a man who knows little about something explains it to a woman who knows a lot about it, like when a lawyer attempts to explain how the brain works to a female neurosurgeon.
– When a man doesn’t attempt to find out how much a woman knows about something before explaining it to her.
– When a man ignores the fact that the woman is competent in her own right, and has an opinion worthy of consideration
– When he interrupts a woman to continue explaining himself to her
-When he attempts to tell her what she thinks, what she feels some, or why she behaves a certain way.
-When the explanations weren't asked for, the man just assumes the woman needs to hear them.
Someone is mansplaining if they:
–When a man who knows little about something explains it to a woman who knows a lot about it, like when a lawyer attempts to explain how the brain works to a female neurosurgeon.
– When a man doesn’t attempt to find out how much a woman knows about something before explaining it to her.
– When a man ignores the fact that the woman is competent in her own right, and has an opinion worthy of consideration
– When he interrupts a woman to continue explaining himself to her
-When he attempts to tell her what she thinks, what she feels some, or why she behaves a certain way.
-When the explanations weren't asked for, the man just assumes the woman needs to hear them.
My boyfriend keeps trying to tell me how I should fix my computer. I work for Apple and he's a chef, and he wouldn't listen to me when I corrected him. I wish he'd stop mansplaining to me.
by alwaysanchored January 9, 2015
Get the Mansplaining mug.(of a man) explain (something) to someone, typically a woman, in a manner regarded as condescending or patronizing:
Most believe this to be only a term used by feminists when they don't have a reply, however it is a term actually meant to explain with someone is patronizing or belittling your intelligence due to your gender.
Most believe this to be only a term used by feminists when they don't have a reply, however it is a term actually meant to explain with someone is patronizing or belittling your intelligence due to your gender.
We were talking about politics when he starting mansplaining things to me like I was in kindergarten, as if my gender means I have a lower iq
by oddkam April 23, 2017
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Get the mansplaining mug.Men offering unhelpful and unwanted advice on issues they know less about than the woman they are trying to "educate".
He: "This is typical of the are, believe me, I went there once, on holiday, for three days."
She: "I live there. I know about that. In fact, what you're saying is incorrect."
He: "Well, actually -"
She: "Stop mansplaining!!!"
She: "I live there. I know about that. In fact, what you're saying is incorrect."
He: "Well, actually -"
She: "Stop mansplaining!!!"
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Female: "why do you have to go around mansplaining everything? You're such a jerk."
Female: "why do you have to go around mansplaining everything? You're such a jerk."
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