by museofincubus July 5, 2023
Get the Femtieerr mug.1. The ironic act of a woman interrupting a man because she is not listening to, or interested in, what he is saying despite claims of being silenced because of her gender.
2. A tongue-in-cheek word coined to highlight the absurdity of feminist attempts to make the universal act of interrupting a gendered issue (see manterrupting).
2. A tongue-in-cheek word coined to highlight the absurdity of feminist attempts to make the universal act of interrupting a gendered issue (see manterrupting).
John: "I'm sorry I left my tools on the dining table again, but I was..."
Sally: "Don't tell me you're sorry when I have repeatedly spoken to you about this!"
John: "I'm trying to apologize and explain my forgetfulness on this occasion. Please don't femterrupt me."
Sally: "Don't tell me you're sorry when I have repeatedly spoken to you about this!"
John: "I'm trying to apologize and explain my forgetfulness on this occasion. Please don't femterrupt me."
by AJDash May 15, 2018
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When a person, typically a female asks a question she may know an answer to but won't and can't accept the answer.
femiterrogate questions:
A: Does my butt look fat in these jeans? B: Does this shirt look good on me today? C: Why is there so much inequality for our poor and minority groups in the world?
In response a typical answer often results in the now ridiculed mansplain
A: I don't think you are fat, to me you are beautiful but if you feel you look fat in those jeans try another pair.
B: mansplain Yes I think its great. When in fact it looks terrible but saying so would degenerate the conversation in to both parties feeling and acting terrible to one another.
C: mansplain Our poor are by definition and design of economics and capitalism in-equal as that's the system we rely on. If their decisions have put them in that situation perhaps we need to look at where our society could have supported better decision making. Our minority groups are now in more powerful positions than they ever have been in history. Minority groups have changed several laws and frameworks of our society without having initial democracy lean towards their views.
A: Does my butt look fat in these jeans? B: Does this shirt look good on me today? C: Why is there so much inequality for our poor and minority groups in the world?
In response a typical answer often results in the now ridiculed mansplain
A: I don't think you are fat, to me you are beautiful but if you feel you look fat in those jeans try another pair.
B: mansplain Yes I think its great. When in fact it looks terrible but saying so would degenerate the conversation in to both parties feeling and acting terrible to one another.
C: mansplain Our poor are by definition and design of economics and capitalism in-equal as that's the system we rely on. If their decisions have put them in that situation perhaps we need to look at where our society could have supported better decision making. Our minority groups are now in more powerful positions than they ever have been in history. Minority groups have changed several laws and frameworks of our society without having initial democracy lean towards their views.
by LargestMajorityMinority January 22, 2018
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