Mansplaining as an accusation of someone being patronizing while the accuser is choosing to be sexist themselves.
Feminists tend to use the term as a backlash while also letting out pent up frustration at males in society.
Feminists tend to use the term as a backlash while also letting out pent up frustration at males in society.
Guy: Hey did you know that the pill is known to cause...
Lady: I don't need someone mansplaining to me about female things!
Guy: Letting me know that you already know that would be fine, but since you didn't hear me out, I'll assume that you just wanted to be sexist.
Lady: I don't need someone mansplaining to me about female things!
Guy: Letting me know that you already know that would be fine, but since you didn't hear me out, I'll assume that you just wanted to be sexist.
by Driver4567 November 14, 2021
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Woman speaking to another woman: “ I don’t want to drink too much tonight, I have to work in the morning.”
Man standing near them at the bar: “ Actually if you drink a glass of water and take an ibuprofen before you go to bed you won’t be hungover.”
Woman: “Thank you for mansplaining, but I’m less concerned with alcohol induced dehydration and more concerned with getting to bed at a decent hour.”
Man standing near them at the bar: “ Actually if you drink a glass of water and take an ibuprofen before you go to bed you won’t be hungover.”
Woman: “Thank you for mansplaining, but I’m less concerned with alcohol induced dehydration and more concerned with getting to bed at a decent hour.”
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When some one asks you a question and you skirt around answering it until you confuse the person that asked you the question.
Theresa May in question time is asked a question by the audience and she ends up not answering the question by maysplaining about something completely different.
by Dirlos June 2, 2017
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"That's not what mansplaining means. Mansplaining is..." he mansplains.
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When a feminist or social justice warrior explains how a white man (or anyone) should act according to progressive rules.
When a feminist or social justice warrior explains how a white man (or anyone) should act according to progressive rules.
Domique was mamsplaining to Doug that his being a white male meant that he could not offer advise in any situation and was in fact worse than Hitler.
by darkurthe January 11, 2017
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McSplaining: "See, here's our natural potatoes coming into this factory... here's where we send them through the slicing machine, here's where we fry them... oh, and pay no attention here... it's just where we dip them in ***dextrose*** and ***sodium acid pyrophosphate***."
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