The anxiety men give women by existing and taking up space. All of the unnecessary stress caused by men “doing things.” The man will say he isn’t triggering it intentionally, but will then repeat the behaviors claiming he can’t control them.
I am really hungry and want to go into the kitchen, but Jeff is triggering my manxiety. He is standing in there again chewing and breathing. I just can’t be around that right now. I am going to try some yoga first.
The anxiety a man feels in the presence of women as a result of his privileged position and out of fear that he will oppress a woman by his own actions or speech. He may also fear unintentional mansplaining.
Joseph was very much anxious that the situation in which he had just explained something to his girlfriend was mansplaining. He felt his own manxiety.
-noun
1. any congregation of two or more human males.
2. a grouping of human beings, distinguished by their lack of female reproductive organs, associated as members of a community
3. unwritten but universally accepted rules governing interactions between one or more males
4. a highly structured system of social organization for small or large-scale male gatherings that normally fosters insecurity, dominance (physical/sexual/mental), ridicule, and a world-wide acceptance for its members
-adjective
5. of, pertaining to, or characteristic of manciety
2. the evolution of manciety.
3. Why do you let them talk to your like that? It’s Manciety, baby!
5. a manciety rule.
The moments of tensionfelt until all your Magners can be poured and you have a hand free again.
When given a pint-plus bottle of Magners Irish cider and a pint glass with ice, there is always quite a bit left in the bottle. This hiatus when standing in a bar and two hands are required to hold the beverage leads to several minutes of Mangxiety until you have drunk enough to discard the bottle and regain the use of a hand.
Anxiety caused by a man. Most often caused by unnecessary circumstances. A type of anxiety one gets by overthinking a relationship, conversation or situation with a man.
John hasn’t responded to my text message in three days, and it’s giving me major mansiety. I feel like he is no longer interested.