When your friend Matt has a compulsion to explain why things are the way they are, even though they are dumb.
"Why can't I order from an Ontario restaurant through UberEats in Gatineau even though the cities are only divided by a canal ?? This is dumb."
Matt - " Actually because Hull is technically in another province and Ontario and Quebec have different health standards, and it's not dumb because health standards are important and allowing one province to dictate another province's health standards is even more irresponsible. Order from the website."
"Matt...you are mattsplaining again."
Matt - " Actually because Hull is technically in another province and Ontario and Quebec have different health standards, and it's not dumb because health standards are important and allowing one province to dictate another province's health standards is even more irresponsible. Order from the website."
"Matt...you are mattsplaining again."
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Lionel Joseph told me all about the 12 Tribes of Israel like I'm a fucking idiot, I hate monsplaining.
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MacLaine is a beautiful human being. She is funny, smart, and soooo pretty. She has no idea how perfect she is. She is extremely talented in everything she does and she puts a smiles on everyone's face. She brightens up each day with her beautiful personality.
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See Sydney Morning Herald, July 3, 2022: Opinion: Can we please cut down on the mumsplaining? Stephen Brook
See Sydney Morning Herald, July 3, 2022: Opinion: Can we please cut down on the mumsplaining? Stephen Brook
Adult to Child: “Which school are you going to go to?”
Before the child can answer the child’s chief communications agent and PR manager (i.e. mother) mumsplains (mumsplaining): “She is going to the local school like her older sister and brother,”
Before the child can answer the child’s chief communications agent and PR manager (i.e. mother) mumsplains (mumsplaining): “She is going to the local school like her older sister and brother,”
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While watching tennis, Mary remarked that she believed Serena Williams would beat Roger Federer if they ever played. Mike explained the biological differences between men and women to Mary. He also explained normal distributions to Mary, and how even though Serena Williams could beat 99.9% of the men in the world in tennis, that means there are thousands of men you have never heard of that could beat her. Mary did not appreciate the mansplaining and would have preferred to continue living in the false reality where women are just as good as men in sports.
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Originally coined by women to refer to misogynistic men, it has since been expanded to apply to all sexes and ages as everyone can be a target of mansplaining, it is not limited to a single demographic.
Originally coined by women to refer to misogynistic men, it has since been expanded to apply to all sexes and ages as everyone can be a target of mansplaining, it is not limited to a single demographic.
Some vague examples of mansplaining:
Explaining to a woman how a car runs in simple terms when she’s a mechanic.
A customer talking in a patronising manner to a new employee about how to do their job, despite them having trained for their job for 10 years.
Explaining to someone why music 50 years ago was better and that they wouldn’t know because they’re too young to understand.
Etc. etc.
Explaining to a woman how a car runs in simple terms when she’s a mechanic.
A customer talking in a patronising manner to a new employee about how to do their job, despite them having trained for their job for 10 years.
Explaining to someone why music 50 years ago was better and that they wouldn’t know because they’re too young to understand.
Etc. etc.
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