When a man explains something in very simple terms. Can sound condescending, but he usually does it because you didn’t understand it in complex terms. When done to a man, the man responds with something along the lines of “Oh that makes sense now” but when you mansplain to a women they call you sexist for thinking they’re dumb
Man: A panzer is not the German word for tank as they didn’t want to be associated with the allied powers so they shortened the German word for tank and made slight adjustments to the machine such as diesel fuel and extra armor.
Woman: YOU’RE MAKING UP WORDS AND I HATE YOU YOU SEXIST YOU’RE TRYING TO MAKE IT LOOK LIKE MEN ARE SMARTER BY MAKING UP WORDS!1!1!1!1
Man: German not like tank, change tank a little, make pretend it different thing
Woman: STOP BEING SO CONDESCENDING YOU SEXIST I HATE YOU YOU SEXIST ALL MEN ARE LIKE THIS I HATE ALL MEN!!11!1!1!1 DONT DO YOU’RE MANSPLAINING TO ME OR ANYONE ELSE! IF ANYTHING, YOU SHOULD HAVE TO MANSPLAIN TO YOUR STUPID MAN FRIENDS!11!!!1!1!
Woman: YOU’RE MAKING UP WORDS AND I HATE YOU YOU SEXIST YOU’RE TRYING TO MAKE IT LOOK LIKE MEN ARE SMARTER BY MAKING UP WORDS!1!1!1!1
Man: German not like tank, change tank a little, make pretend it different thing
Woman: STOP BEING SO CONDESCENDING YOU SEXIST I HATE YOU YOU SEXIST ALL MEN ARE LIKE THIS I HATE ALL MEN!!11!1!1!1 DONT DO YOU’RE MANSPLAINING TO ME OR ANYONE ELSE! IF ANYTHING, YOU SHOULD HAVE TO MANSPLAIN TO YOUR STUPID MAN FRIENDS!11!!!1!1!
by Soviet Red Soldier June 30, 2022
When a man has to simplify his explanation because the female he is patiently trying to educate is too stupid to realize that she is trying to understand something far beyond her genders ability to comprehend.
Bill got tired of mansplaining all the time so the next time it came up he just slapped her In the face and told her to get back in her lane.
by Lil2'high April 12, 2023
by CHILD GRABBER March 29, 2021
Mansplaining;
*woman changing tire*
Man: hey let me show you how to do that
Woman: no thanks I no what I'm doing
Man: no you don't let me help
*woman changing tire*
Man: hey let me show you how to do that
Woman: no thanks I no what I'm doing
Man: no you don't let me help
by That feminist October 08, 2020
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
She: What does the word "mansplain" mean?
Male internet troll: "Stating verifiable facts that are inconvenient to the feminist worldview."
She (eybrow raised): ... wow, that was a perfect example of mansplaining: both arrogant and false
Male internet troll: "Stating verifiable facts that are inconvenient to the feminist worldview."
She (eybrow raised): ... wow, that was a perfect example of mansplaining: both arrogant and false
by Bobthetroll March 11, 2017
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 09, 2015
(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 24, 2017