Mansplaining

When a man, usually an Unlucky Jeff, or who is Nelsonized, who is confident, over educated, and uses a condescending tone to explain something to a intellectually superior women, usually a Jennifer, who already knows the answer

Jeff loved mansplaining to Jennifer on how interact with clients, when she already arranged 3 successful meetings that week.

by Lady friend to the white male October 19, 2018

Mansplaining

Mansplaining is when a dumbass who doesn't actually himself understand something tries to trick other people who are actually smarter than them into believing he knows what the fuck he is talking about. Often done in an overbearing and/or chauvinistic way.

Dude, is Kyle seriously mansplaining to us about how the internet works? Isn't he still on dial-up?

by hThirry08 February 17, 2020

Mansplaining

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.

Mansplaining is just another form of sexism.

by EnoughBS March 11, 2017

Mansplaining

When a male identifying person spends way too much time explaining something that is simple, or that is uninteresting to anyone (usually female identifying); also when a male spends way too much time explaining something to a female, who knows more about the subject than the male, because of the deeply embedded assumption that men "know more" than women

(Friend): How was your date?

(Straight Cis Woman): Oh, it was ok. He spent about 40 minutes mansplaining menustration to me.

by theshpyder March 11, 2017

Mansplaining

When a man speaks condescendingly to a woman on a matter he believes her to be ignorant of, when in fact his own knowledge of the subject is materially incomplete. The possibility that she may know more about the subject than he does is one that the mansplainer cannot fathom.

Note that simple a misunderstanding, that occurs without derogatory stereotyping or condescension, is not "mansplaining," regardless of the gender of the participants in the conversation.

Jim was mansplaining to Rebecca, an astrophysicist, what causes the tides. When Rebecca's friend tried to tell him Rebecca was an astrophysicist, Jim said, "Oh! You're boyfriend's an astrophysicist. I'd like to meet him."

by Truth is Healthy March 12, 2017

Mansplaining

(v.) 1. Random men giving unsolicited advice to women, even if the woman in question is an expert on the subject, because they feel entitled to tell everyone their way is better. When they force this unwanted, and most often unneeded, advice onto unsuspecting women in a way that demeans the woman's own intelligence, and is a peek into the man's misogynistic worldview.

Sarah was practicing her serve at a public tennis court to get back into shape for the season.
Random Man (begins mansplaining): I know exactly what is wrong with your serve sweetheart! Here! I'll show you!
Sarah's inner monologue: I've been playing tennis since I was four. I didn't come here to be mainsplained to, I came to improve myself.
Sarah walks away. The mansplainer follows unable to see that he is unwanted.

by This_is_a_real_story August 8, 2017

mansplaining

Attempting to explain away making sexual passes on a young lady when you're a married professional in the comics industry, aka Brian Wood. Afterwards you continue to go on and act like you're a feminist and really respect women.

Mansplaining - Tess Fowler is correct about this: I did make a pass at her at SDCC Hyatt bar roughly 8 years ago. But when she declined, that was the conclusion of the matter for me. There was never a promise of quid pro quo, no exertion of power, no threats, and no revenge. This was at a time in my career when I had very little professional power or industry recognition. The pickup was a lame move, absolutely, and I’ll accept the heat for having done it, but that’s all it was: I liked her, I took a chance, and was shot down. I immediately regretted it, and I apologize to Ms. Fowler for the tackiness and embarrassment of it all.

I’ve kept quiet for these last couple weeks because this is a problematic thing to address without unintended blowback. While I believe she is as incorrect as she can be about what my intent and motivations were, I don’t want to encourage any negative opinion directed back at her.

I think the larger issues of abuse in the comics industry are genuine and I share everyone's concerns. As a father to a young daughter showing an interest in making her own comics, I do really care about this stuff. So I don’t want our difference of accounts to take attention away from that industry-wide discussion that needs to happen.

Brian Wood
11/15/2013

by Zephyr Q November 17, 2013