the opposite of mansplaining when a woman tries to belittle or shut down a man by gender shaming she is thus womansplaining
feminist: You're opinion doesnt matter because you're a male.
belittled male: Shut up you're womansplaining!
belittled male: Shut up you're womansplaining!
by d34thsh4nd June 17, 2016
Not to be confused with a feminine version mansplaining. What middle aged (often homophobic) women do to their kids.
“My mom told me that people are gay because they’re confused or following a trend.”
“No way- tell her to stop womansplaining.”
“No way- tell her to stop womansplaining.”
by rottingbrains April 14, 2021
When a person does not explaining anything at all but expects everyone to just "know" what they wanted
Dude: She got pissed at me because I didn't do something, but she never even told me I was supposed to do it. How was I suppose to know?
Other dude: Womansplaining man, you should have just known
Other dude: Womansplaining man, you should have just known
by JacquesHughes February 19, 2018
womanaplaining is a when you have to explain something obvious that a grown adult should know but doesn't because someone else has always done it for them their whole life.
woman1: I had to explain to a grown man how to boil pasta because he'd never had to feed himself before. never thought i'd find myself womansplaining something so basic!
woman2: did he try to mansplain thermodynamics to you while you're at it?
woman2: did he try to mansplain thermodynamics to you while you're at it?
by Ren0a August 31, 2018
A word invented by wah-wah MRAs who use the word feminazi, bitch, etc. because their inchoate rage has no logic behind it.
The feminazi was womansplaining to me that just because I don't have a uterus, a gf or a sister, I shouldn't legislate healthcare options for it. Duh! I had a mom.
by sesquip lexicographer November 26, 2017
(of a woman) explain (something) to someone, typically a man, in a manner regarded as condescending or patronizing.
Cindy, clearly and vehemently irritated by my lack of interest, angrily proceeded to womansplain to me the difference between her close friends, good friends, friends, coworkers, acquaintances and frenemies.
by 2BFair December 28, 2019
The tendency of some women to mistakenly believe that they automatically know more about any given topic than does a man and who, consequently, proceed to explain to him- correctly or not- things that he already knows.
Man A: When he started womansplaining to me what it really meant to be a man in the 21st century, I got up and left.
Man B: Really, what else could you do?
Man B: Really, what else could you do?
by equality advisor June 11, 2013