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

Mansplain

To explain (something) condescendingly (to a female listener), especially to explain something the listener already knows, presuming that she has an inferior understanding of it merely because she is female.

Female gardener: I like to grow lettuce

Guy: You probably didn't know this but lettuce and cabbage are actually 2 different things

Female gardener: Why would you mansplain this to me, a gardener.

by Fredman14 June 30, 2017

Mansplain Manipulate Manslaughter

A joking phrase meant to be the male counterpart of gaslight gatekeep girlboss. Manslaughter is often replaced with malewife or manwhore.

Why try hard when I can mansplain manipulate manslaughter my way through everything?

by sometimesithinkandthenforget January 21, 2022

Mansplain Manipulate Manwhore

a simple phrase that is the male counterpart of Girlboss Gaslight Gatekeep.
Both phrases are used interchangeable depending on the person, but a gender neutral option is Sovereign Stealing Sway

Bard: Guys, I don't think I can Mansplain Manipulate Manwhore us out this situation
Barbarian: Manslaughter it is then

by ChaoticChaos April 4, 2023

Mansplain

When a man comments on a woman's subject, in what he thinks is a knowledgeable way. The man may even argue that their point is the right point.

The girls and I were taking about body acceptance when Don jumped in and tried to mansplain it.

by jetjetvictoria June 30, 2017

Superior Mormon Mansplaining

When a mormon man treats not only women, but also non-mormons as if they are stupid.

When John addressed me this afternoon, his tone suggested that he was superior mormon mansplaining.

by Jubilee Sparks January 30, 2019

Mansplain

The habit some men have of making a "well, actually" statement then re-explaining an explanation a woman has just given, adding nothing new or different to the explanation, and in fact frequently adding incorrect information.

This tends to happen a lot on subjects men consider "manly".

Eric tried Mansplaining to Sharon, who has a Ph.d on the subject, because women don't know more than men about anything, ever.
Example: Water is wet.

Well actually, hot water is also wet. In fact, it even feels wetter.

by WomanAmused August 10, 2017