These mansplaining stories will make you have a mini convulsion
Realistically if you are a woman who exists in society, you have probably had something mansplained to you at some point.
In case you didn't know there was a term for this sexist phenomenon, mansplaining is when a man speaks "condescendingly to a woman about a topic he believes her to be ignorant of, when in fact his own knowledge of the subject is materially incomplete," according to Urban Dictionary.
The possibility that she may know more about the subject than he does is something that the mansplainer simply cannot compute.
The women of Twitter are currently sharing their horror stories with mansplaining, and some of the tales are making us pretty mad.
10. If there is one thing worse than mansplaining, it has to be catcalling.
@brokeymcpoverty How and why catcalling is flattering, not harassment -_-
— Nora Meyers Sackett (@norasack) March 21, 2017
9. Just because menstruation has the word men in it, doesn't make them experts.
@brokeymcpoverty Menstruation. (Didn't believe I had my period because "it's not the 28th.")
— shannonk (@shannonk) March 21, 2017
8. You would not get away with that in Ireland, that's for sure.
How to pronounce "Gaelic".
I have a degree in Celtic studies. https://t.co/zdqilgIlYC— Kayleigh Anne (@Ceilidhann) March 21, 2017
7. This is just insulting.
@brokeymcpoverty the difference between a screw and a nail in my own hardware store.
— jincha pero tropical (@a_cristina1318) March 21, 2017
6. Those of us with unique names relate…
@brokeymcpoverty I once had a friend mansplain to my roommate how to ~correctly~ pronounce her own name bc he thought she was doing it wrong
— Aja Romano (@ajaromano) March 21, 2017
5. Don't try to school an expert fellas…
@brokeymcpoverty I have a Master's degree in gender studies, so it's REAL CUTE when I'm mansplained about feminism
— Danielle Henderson (@knottyyarn) March 21, 2017
4. Is nothing sacred?
@knottyyarn @brokeymcpoverty Also had a man mainsplain Indiana Jones while I was wearing an Indiana Jones shirt.
— rachel leishman (@RachelLeishman) March 21, 2017
3. Because pregnancy is definitely an area of expertise for men.
@brokeymcpoverty I recently had a guy mansplain pregnancy to me & 3 other women, 1 of whom has 4 kids. Miraculously he's still alive.
— Lauren Abramo (@LaurenAbramo) March 21, 2017
2. It even happens at work.
@brokeymcpoverty how to run a Twitter account. I was the senior social media editor for @MensHealthMag at the time
— Erin Weaver (@ByErinWeaver) March 21, 2017
1. Those who are not on the receiving end of sexism probably shouldn't try to explain it to those who are.
@brokeymcpoverty Last week a man took time to school me on how I should and should not respond to demeaning sexist attacks. I was ever so grateful. pic.twitter.com/wxzoSdMhG0
— Kathleen Smith (@KikkiPlanet) March 21, 2017
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