Andre — “mansplaining” isnt actually a thing — the goal is to remove you from the discussion. Just look at your replies. Just move on to “manignoring”. Your life will improve immediately. :D

Agreed. Absolutely nothing about that definition is unique to men talking to women. By that definition, a former HR rep, a woman, is by far the biggest mansplainer I have ever worked with. It’s a pretty absurdly contrived definition.

I am a woman and I actually also came into the comments to critique that definition of mansplaining. I understand it to be more than just condescending, but also when the man thinks, incorrectly, that he knows more than the woman does on the topic. The example, where she wrote the tech article, is obviously an example…

I’ve seen the term used when men try to explain tech or science to women who are educated or experienced in that field because they think that women don’t know anything about tech or science. While it is being condescending and men can experience similar situations, this situation is specifically aimed at women so I…

I was under the impression that “mansplaining” is when a man attempts to explain something to a woman that is specific to a woman’s experience (thus, a man wouldn’t know, e.g., advice on how to be a working mother) or talks down to her because she is a woman despite being more qualified in a given area (applicable to…

Don’t try to be reasonable here. Any article that tries to define “mansplaining” is just”woman-splaining” at this point.

You don’t need a new term to define what condescending means. Apparently, feminism requires derogatory gender-based words to use as insulting terms to “equalize” men and women.

If you use this term in…

Right. The advice here is good, but it applies to combating anyone who’s condescending, whether it be mansplaining or whitesplaining or whatever. The [group]splaining portmanteau is when a member of social group A tries to tell members of social group B what life is like for those in B.

NoooOOOO!!! Mansplaining means whatever the author needs it to mean for that day’s articles. Asking people to get their terms straight anymore is an exercise in futility because fee fees...

exactly. What you understand as mansplaining is correct. Somehow it morphed into “any time a man says something to a woman” which is just ludicrous.

Yes, thank you. The idea that condescension in general is a gendered thing blows my mind.

Both explainations used to be the norm. Now it’s used whenever a man explains ANYTHING to a woman. I’ve literally seen people try to make the argument against male teachers because its “mansplaining” whenever they teach female students.

I was under the impression that “mansplaining” is when a man attempts to explain something to a woman that is specific to a woman’s experience...

I have to agree with you on requiring a definition of this, and your definition makes sense. You could understand why a man explaining a female issue to a woman would be considered mansplaining (like a male politician telling women about birth control or their reproductive health). But I get the sense that…

I think your are right. The Example provided by the Author is a bad one.

You’re correct. In order for something to be mansplaining, the topic must be something the mansplainer knows the woman has expertise. So something like, they are colleagues in the same field and the topic is something basic that someone in their field would naturally be informed about. Or, with a stranger - this is…

Counterpoint.

Just tell them to stop womplaining about it.

“Feminism” today is an embarrassment to the word.

I’m so old dude. Old as dirt, I made $.35 an hour in my first full time job. That’s $20 a week with overtime. People talked down at me, and not just men, women, in fact, were the absolute worst.

What is jezebel for? Articles just like this.