Mansplaining is, at its core, a very specific thing. It's what occurs when a man talks condescendingly to someone (especially a woman) about something he has incomplete knowledge of, with the mistaken assumption that he knows more about it than the person he's talking to does. A common mistake.
A man who has seen a couple superhero movies gives a long explanation of Spiderman to a woman who has read all the comics and seen all the Marvel movies. He may be right, but she doesn't need the explanation, and his assumption that she wouldn't know the basics seems offensive to her. He has mansplained Spiderman to a comic nerd.
by Well, September 14, 2017
Get the Mansplain mug.A delightful mixture of privilege and ignorance that leads to condescending, inaccurate assertions of sexism, delivered with the rock-solid conviction of rightness and that slimy certainty that of course "he must be sexist, because he is the man in this conversation".
Man- "I just think that insults designed to undermine and ridicule one particular group of people based on their sex are are inherently unjustifiable and..."
Karen Healy- "don't mansplain "mansplaining" to me you sexist bastard!"
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Get the Mansplain mug.To mansplain is to interrupt a female's speech in a condescending fashion, only to interject sexist, redundant, or belittling remarks into a conversation with no actual benefit to either person in said conversation.
"So there I was, discussing with the mechanic the issues I had been having with my transmission, when my boyfriend jumps in and starts mansplaining to us about how combustion engines work. He wasted a good 15 minutes of her time....."
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Example of Mansplaining: " '5 girls back to back doesn’t make me a lesbian'
Kinda makes it likely that you are more into girls than guys tho’.
Guys are much more available as partners for women unless they are quite unattractive.
But let’s imagine it was exactly equal that you would select a girl or a guy - that their sex genuinely was irrelevant, and that there was no difference in availability.
I’m rusty at maths, but from memory, the chance it’s coincidence is
(1/(2^5)) *100%
= (1/32) *100%
= 0.03125 *100%
=3.125%
Feel free to correct my maths - it’s been about 35 years now since i did probability.
But if i was a betting man - i’m going to say my money is going to be on a woman for your next partner.
Maybe you are a lesbian, and maybe dudes need to know that so they don’t get hurt? Just a thought."
-From Brett-caton.Tumblr.com
Kinda makes it likely that you are more into girls than guys tho’.
Guys are much more available as partners for women unless they are quite unattractive.
But let’s imagine it was exactly equal that you would select a girl or a guy - that their sex genuinely was irrelevant, and that there was no difference in availability.
I’m rusty at maths, but from memory, the chance it’s coincidence is
(1/(2^5)) *100%
= (1/32) *100%
= 0.03125 *100%
=3.125%
Feel free to correct my maths - it’s been about 35 years now since i did probability.
But if i was a betting man - i’m going to say my money is going to be on a woman for your next partner.
Maybe you are a lesbian, and maybe dudes need to know that so they don’t get hurt? Just a thought."
-From Brett-caton.Tumblr.com
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A condescendingly derisive term explain a man’s attempt to give an opinion perceived to a woman (usually an uberfeminist) that that retort is condescending and derisive because of gender.
A condescendingly derisive term explain a man’s attempt to give an opinion perceived to a woman (usually an uberfeminist) that that retort is condescending and derisive because of gender.
In a conversation I had with my brother-in-law, his ideas about my supposed inability to get a boyfriend was sheer Mansplaining. He thinks because he’s a man, he knows what’s best for me, despite the comment he made about men are not ingredients on my list.”
by Somicpreacher November 5, 2017
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Examples: Mansplaining Vietnamese food to a Vietnamese girl. Mansplaining metal music to the owner of a metal bar. Straight mansplaining how to come out to a gay guy.
Examples: Mansplaining Vietnamese food to a Vietnamese girl. Mansplaining metal music to the owner of a metal bar. Straight mansplaining how to come out to a gay guy.
Someone tried to tell the yoga teacher she was doing it wrong - while he fell out of crow pose like 9 times.
Was it Nick?
Yeah, that guy is Mansplain Max
Was it Nick?
Yeah, that guy is Mansplain Max
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