The tendency of some men to mistakenly believe that they automatically know more about any given topic than does a woman and who, consequently, proceed to explain to her- correctly or not- things that she already knows.
Woman A: When he started mansplaining to me what it really meant to be a woman in the 21st century, I got up and left.
Woman B: Really, what else could you do?
Woman B: Really, what else could you do?
by miriald January 08, 2011
Woman: I’m not planning on giving birth naturally. There’s too much to risk.
Man: Actually, natural births have a higher change of survival for the baby and mother.
The woman has already given birth twice. She knows what she’s talking about, while the man obviously does not. Therefore, he was mansplaining.
Man: Actually, natural births have a higher change of survival for the baby and mother.
The woman has already given birth twice. She knows what she’s talking about, while the man obviously does not. Therefore, he was mansplaining.
by Yellowpaint November 05, 2017
Mansplaining - explaining something with common words, activly avoiding technical and proffesional language
the pen warriors at the office just gave me this document, i dont understand it. can you mansplain this to me?
"...when you pressurise this thingamajigger this part wil move out of the way, revealing this hole and blocking the other..." -yeah yeah, stop mansplaining. i am not a child!
"...when you pressurise this thingamajigger this part wil move out of the way, revealing this hole and blocking the other..." -yeah yeah, stop mansplaining. i am not a child!
by cockford ollie December 05, 2020
Mansplaining sometimes occurs when a female is looking to learn something or work in a male-dominated field (mechanics, engineering, welding, gaming, etc). Upon asking a question or undergoing training, snide comments or patronizing explanations will ensue. Instead of being treated with respect like a fellow human being, female in question is assumed to be inept, incapable, and intellectually on par with a curious 3 year old. While explaining, male must avoid eye contact, mumble incoherently (panic at female presence) or yell angrily (girls don’t belong in X field). Important: man doing the mansplaining must ONLY do it to females.
when talking to a woman, a mansplainer is always better and smarter than her, no matter the experience or education difference.
when talking to a woman, a mansplainer is always better and smarter than her, no matter the experience or education difference.
~~Mansplaining to female that has 14 years experience as a mechanic~~
“This is how you change front brake pads”
* snatches ratchet out of her hands* “use the tool that looks like a skinny vibrator and makes the clicking sound to -“
Female mechanic: hey Joe, you know I’m actually fine, you can finish your BBQ :) there’s a lot of smoke coming from your yard and-
Mansplainer: “yeh I know you’re confused, my wife was just as lost as you, specially after she stuck that fork in her eye. You girls just ain built for this stuff. Anyways so you take some antifreeze n pour it onto the brakes..”
Female: uh, wait -
Mansplainer: IM TRYING TO TEACH YOU WILL YA SHUT UP - STOP! WHAT ARE YOU DOING! NO ARE YOU RETARDED? What an ungrateful bitch I’m helping you!
“This is how you change front brake pads”
* snatches ratchet out of her hands* “use the tool that looks like a skinny vibrator and makes the clicking sound to -“
Female mechanic: hey Joe, you know I’m actually fine, you can finish your BBQ :) there’s a lot of smoke coming from your yard and-
Mansplainer: “yeh I know you’re confused, my wife was just as lost as you, specially after she stuck that fork in her eye. You girls just ain built for this stuff. Anyways so you take some antifreeze n pour it onto the brakes..”
Female: uh, wait -
Mansplainer: IM TRYING TO TEACH YOU WILL YA SHUT UP - STOP! WHAT ARE YOU DOING! NO ARE YOU RETARDED? What an ungrateful bitch I’m helping you!
by Feynman is bae March 12, 2018
Karen: To be vegan is to fight for animal rights
Random person on the internet: Actually, Veganism is just a way of life
Karen: Stop mansplaining, As if you would know anything about vegans.
Random person on the internet: Actually, Veganism is just a way of life
Karen: Stop mansplaining, As if you would know anything about vegans.
by ReetusNeetusDefines November 16, 2020
A bullshit term used by supposed feminists (read: misandrists) to dismiss any logical and/or factual explanation by a man simply because they have issues with men.
Woman: "Men are more privileged than women in almost all areas of life."
Man: "That's not true. We're mostly alone and treated with contempt, nobody cares about our problems, and if we're useless for any reason, we're left to die."
Woman: "Please. Save me your mansplain of how you have it worse than us."
Man: ".... what?"
Man: "That's not true. We're mostly alone and treated with contempt, nobody cares about our problems, and if we're useless for any reason, we're left to die."
Woman: "Please. Save me your mansplain of how you have it worse than us."
Man: ".... what?"
by Davis The Untamed July 19, 2020