A word used by feminists to silence men and prevent them from learning that men actually have problems too and that their point of view isn't the only one
Feminist "women are paid 77 cents for every mans dollar"
A man "well actually every serious study showed that there more factors than just gender like how long they worked there and education"
Feminist "Stop mansplaining you patriarchal fuckface"
A man "well actually every serious study showed that there more factors than just gender like how long they worked there and education"
Feminist "Stop mansplaining you patriarchal fuckface"
by Chumley69 December 29, 2015
Get the Mansplaining mug.When a man speaks to a woman exactly the same way he speaks to a man: somewhat mockingly, somewhat condescendingly, somewhat confrontationally. Ironically, feminists who champion equality among the sexes, expect men to change how they speak to accommodate their feminine sensibilities.
Woman: I don't feel conservatives care enough about social justice.
Man: That's ridiculous! That's just SJW propaganda. There can never be social justice if individual justice is ignored.
Woman: Stop mansplaining, you big jerk!
Man: That's ridiculous! That's just SJW propaganda. There can never be social justice if individual justice is ignored.
Woman: Stop mansplaining, you big jerk!
by Ijiwaru_Sensei November 19, 2016
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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
Get the Mansplaining mug.Verb: When a man inserts himself into a full-blown conversation that had previously involved only women, in order to mansplain something related to the topic they're discussing. Often a reflexive reaction to discourse that would pass the Bechdel Test if it were a movie (because it doesn't involve the man who's overhearing it).
Dude, you just mansplainterrupted a League of Women Voters meeting to tell them about the history of suffrage.
by Beeeej July 6, 2020
Get the mansplainterrupt mug.A man explaining something to a woman in a way that is patronizing because it assumes that the woman will be ignorant of the subject matter.
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.”
by Black_Well_Bex July 16, 2018
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really, men are trying to explain this? for whom?
really, men are trying to explain this? for whom?
by Ms.Ann Driss March 11, 2017
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