The polar opposite of mansplaining.
Wombplaining occurs when presented with empirical evidence a woman will use such words as yeah i know but i feel...
Wombplaining occurs when presented with empirical evidence a woman will use such words as yeah i know but i feel...
Female panelists: "I FEEL...."
Male panelist: "I understand, but I have EVIDENCE...."
Female panelist: "Yeah, but I FEEL...."
Male panelist: "The FACTS will show...."
Female panelist: "I don't care about your facts because I FEEL
Female panelist: Stop mansplaining!!!
Male panelist: Stop Wombplaining!!!
Male panelist: "I understand, but I have EVIDENCE...."
Female panelist: "Yeah, but I FEEL...."
Male panelist: "The FACTS will show...."
Female panelist: "I don't care about your facts because I FEEL
Female panelist: Stop mansplaining!!!
Male panelist: Stop Wombplaining!!!
by Atsugai August 28, 2017
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by NigisKing December 19, 2017
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Womensplaining (verb, gerund) describes the phenomenon of someone (usually a woman, but not always) behaving as though she has superior knowledge to someone else (often a man) who actually knows more about the topic in question than she does.
Male: "Men and Boys are often victims of domestic violence and sexism, just like anyone else"
Female "No they can't. Saying that men or boys can be victims is sexist and will only empowers sexism against women. You don't understand the basic power dynamics of domestic abuse or you would know that already."
Male "Stop womansplaining to me!"
Female "No they can't. Saying that men or boys can be victims is sexist and will only empowers sexism against women. You don't understand the basic power dynamics of domestic abuse or you would know that already."
Male "Stop womansplaining to me!"
by MrGeee April 16, 2018
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Feminist: "Stop being the patriarchy!"
Man: "What do you mean stop being the patriarchy, stop?"
Feminist: "Patriarchy is, all you men!"
Man: "Stop womansplaining."
Man: "What do you mean stop being the patriarchy, stop?"
Feminist: "Patriarchy is, all you men!"
Man: "Stop womansplaining."
by That person in a well March 18, 2017
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-verb (used with or without object)
to give an explanation for the motivation behind a certain action or statement that has nothing to do with the current situation but rather is related to something else that has happened very long ago in the past
-verb (used with or without object)
to give an explanation for the motivation behind a certain action or statement that has nothing to do with the current situation but rather is related to something else that has happened very long ago in the past
Guy: "Why are you getting so angry? So I forgot to take out the trash today. Big deal!"
Girl: "The reason I'm so angry is because you always do stuff like this! Like the time we went to dinner and we ran into your ex-girlfriend, but you didn't introduce me! I felt so embarrassed and awkward but you didn't even care!"
Guy: "What??? What does that have to do with anything? Besides, that happened a year ago!"
Girl: "OMG, you are sooo frustrating! I shouldn't have to explain everything to you! You just don't get it!"
Guy: "Wow..."
Guy's Friend later at a bar after hearing the story: "Dude, you just got womansplained."
Guy: "Yep."
Girl: "The reason I'm so angry is because you always do stuff like this! Like the time we went to dinner and we ran into your ex-girlfriend, but you didn't introduce me! I felt so embarrassed and awkward but you didn't even care!"
Guy: "What??? What does that have to do with anything? Besides, that happened a year ago!"
Girl: "OMG, you are sooo frustrating! I shouldn't have to explain everything to you! You just don't get it!"
Guy: "Wow..."
Guy's Friend later at a bar after hearing the story: "Dude, you just got womansplained."
Guy: "Yep."
by Giant105 March 15, 2011
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Expecting someone to be dumber than they are.
Expecting someone to be dumber than they are.
My mom was explaining something to me for 15 minutes, she could've stopped at the 2 minute mark. She totally womansplained!
by VadymK June 13, 2018
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B: Quit wokesplaining! It makes no sense that slavery's impact would get worse the further we get from it!
B: Quit wokesplaining! It makes no sense that slavery's impact would get worse the further we get from it!
by jdfree June 21, 2021
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