to thibk there's a lot of mansplaining going on at the moment?

[StealthPolarBear]

On mn I mean. Just something I seem to be spotting more and more.
happy to be told I'm wrong in words of one syllable

[Writerwannabe83]

What is mansplaining?

[Oysterbabe]

I don't know what that is either.

[OhShutUpThomas]

YANBU. There are more and more men posting here. I'm not sure why but I'm also expecting to be told in words of one syllable why my opinions and attitude are wrong.

[OhShutUpThomas]

It's when men explain things to women that the woman in question already knows.

[Sonnet]

Mansplaining?????

[shovetheholly]

Rebecca Solnitt on Mansplaining (scroll down for the original article):

www.guernicamag.com/daily/rebecca-solnit-men-explain-things-to-me/

[DontCareHowIWantItNow]

Examples of where you think this is happening more?

[CottonFrock]

Give some examples of threads?

It's rife in the world at large, unfortunately. I frequently have to nip it in the bud at meetings, not just at work - academia - but also in a village action group I'm involved in, where everyone other than me is a pot-retirement white man.

[Writerwannabe83]

Does it really take that whole article to explain mansplaining? I couldn't be arsed to read it so still don't really know what it is

Where is it happening on MN?

[StealthPolarBear]

Well I meant to post this thread a couple of weeks ago but can't remember specific examples. Was reminded to do it by the thread about working from home.
I love the thought of "pot-retirement" :o

[AliceThrewTheFookingGlass]

It's when men explain things to women that the woman in question already knows.

why the fuck does that need a name? And a gender specific one at that,
Are women not guilty of this too?

[araiba]

so is womansplaining when a woman explains things to someone who already knows?

[StealthPolarBear]

I don't tend to find women do it. I also don't tend to notice men doing it in real life.

[Writerwannabe83]

I tried to read that article but found it really annoying. The woman writing it is going on about male arrogance which is quite ironic seeing as her entire article reeks of her seemingly deep love for herself and her feelings of superiority. She writes like an arrogant twat to be honest

[CooPie10]

I don't tend to find women do it.

Really

[rosebiggs]

Yes women do this too. It's a particular type of person that does this IME. People who have a very high opinion of their own importance.

[StealthPolarBear]

Yes really. Talking about my perceptions rather than making any sweeping statements. Why the ?

[goodnightdarthvader1]

Are women not guilty of this too?

But men do it because they think women as a collective group are too stupid to understand otherwise, or have got it wrong, or are just mixed up in their fluffy little heads. It's prejudice against an entire gender. When women do it, they do it just because they think the other woman (individual) is stupid.

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:)

[goodnightdarthvader1]

I also don't tend to notice men doing it in real life.

Have you ever worked in academia?

[CottonFrock]

I love the thought of "pot-retirement"

I did mean 'post'-retirement, but I wouldn't say that pot retirement was entirely inaccurate.

No, mansplaining involves an entire patriarchy still assuming that the default mode is that 'man explains, woman nods and receives wisdom', not simply an individual act of explaining.

To give a particularly egregious example from my student days - a male medical student giving a lengthy, gently patronising lecture on the menstrual cycle over dinner in a student flat. His audience? Eight women, all of whom possessed a menstrual cycle of their own. If they ventured to contribute, he talked over them about what his biology textbook said.

[StealthPolarBear]

No goodnight :)

[CottonFrock]

I also don't tend to notice men doing it in real life.

Have you ever worked in academia?

This.

Mind you, my MA supervisor (now just retired), a well-known feminist critic, once told me that when she was a junior lecturer, 'the girls' were told to provide the sandwiches for the external examiners' meeting....

[BigJockButMoreWeeThanBigBigJoc]

Think of it this way.

You are an expert in..let's say Microbiology and female. I am a man who has read an article about Microbiology, I assume that by virtue of me having a penis that I will know more about Microbiology and will presume to explain it to you.


As it happens I experienced this several times before I knew there was a name for it.

And yes it is predominantly men assuming that they knew more/better than any woman.

I'd say it was 50/50 on the assumption that whenever I was in a meeting etc with a junior male colleague that he was the expert and I was the junior, even when told our job titles............................