Femsploitation is the act of marketing a product or film using feminist talking points as an emotional appeal, just to sell to your target demographic. Similar to the Blaxsploitation films of the 70s.
Girl 1: I really like this companies "real beauty" campaign. It stresses that everyone is unique regardless of diet, body type or fashion!
girl 2: Yup. too bad it's a ploy used to sell beauty products. That's femsploitation for you.
girl 2: Yup. too bad it's a ploy used to sell beauty products. That's femsploitation for you.
by Sargent Singer January 14, 2014
Get the femsploitation mug.The tendency of some women to mistakenly believe that they automatically know more about any given topic than a man does and who, consequently, proceeds to explain to him, correctly or not, things that he already knows.
Man A: When she started femsplaining to me what it really meant to be a man in the 21st century, I got up and left.
Man B: Really, what else could you do?
Man B: Really, what else could you do?
by ThatGuyYouKnow14 January 6, 2014
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Verb.
Femplaining is a portmanteau of the words "female" and "complain". A term used to describe when a woman complains about an issue(s) that are trivial and rant about them as if they are legitimate issues when in actuality, they aren't.
Femplaining is a portmanteau of the words "female" and "complain". A term used to describe when a woman complains about an issue(s) that are trivial and rant about them as if they are legitimate issues when in actuality, they aren't.
Female Barista: I just saw a white guy wearing a shirt with Japanese characters on it. That is so offensive! He shouldn't wear it if he's not Japanese!
Boss: Yeah, yeah. Quit your femplaining and get back to work.
See: SJW
Boss: Yeah, yeah. Quit your femplaining and get back to work.
See: SJW
by Gladilay October 26, 2016
Get the femplaining mug.When a woman attempts to prove superiority over a man by vomiting up rhetorical questions that don't actually mean anything and usually have no real basis in fact.
by Tiny Barbarian January 3, 2017
Get the Femsplaining mug.I was just trying to have a civil discourse with her, when that tumblrina called me a mansplainer! I told her I was offended by her femsplaining to me that I am a mansplainer
by fryether July 2, 2016
Get the femsplaining mug.The tendency of some women to mistakenly believe that what they are complaining about is an important issue and who, consequently, proceed to complain about things that are of no consequence in the long run and are not interesting in the short run.
Man A: When she started femplaining to me what it was like to have an annoying friend, I stayed and listened to her.
Man B: Really, what else could you do?
Man B: Really, what else could you do?
by LiterallyBrave February 6, 2012
Get the femplaining mug.When a feminist explains to a man that his argument or feelings are invalid based on his gender rather than based on facts or evidence or based on the statement 'Not all men, yes all women'
As with Masplianing, femsplaining should never ever be used in a sentence yes they are real things that happen but if you use the word Mansplaining in a sentence you are guility of Femsplaning and if you use femsplaining in a sentence then you are guilty of mansplaining.
Instead of saying "stop mansplaining the offside rule to me!" say "don't be such a dick I was captain of the local football team I probably understand the offside rule better than you."
Instead of saying "stop mansplaining the offside rule to me!" say "don't be such a dick I was captain of the local football team I probably understand the offside rule better than you."
by Sirrius May 24, 2017
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