When a man argues or raises objections about a trivial matter in order to discredit a woman or discredit arguments made supporting women; often used as a derailment technique to distract from the larger discussion.
He attempted to manquibble when he made the argument they perhaps there shouldn’t be more women in tech because the female author of the women-in-tech article used the term “cycle” when she should have used “period”.
by Juneau99 August 17, 2018