Femsplaining

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MissyMelMo · 04/03/2015 17:46

I got accused of femsplaining today. I asked what it meant and he said something about boorishly converting everything into feminist explanations and expecting everyone to accept it without question.

Well he can fuck off :)

But I've googled this term since coming home and can't make out where it sits - some groups seem to use it positively. So I thought I'd ask someone!

Thank you :)

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louiseham · 04/03/2015 22:27

I have heard of the term used in and around my neighbourhood.

It generally means either playing the professional victim.

A woman that tries to squeeze feminist terms into the conversation when they have nothing to do with it for example "rape culture" "patriarchy" "male privilege" etc

A woman that moans about men doing something but then does the same thing herself or encourages other women to do it.

Or a woman that just turns every talking point into a anti-male rant.

Sadly there are quite a few women that I see and sometimes talk to in the morning taking my kids to school who match that profile when you speak to them.

Femsplaining is a very real thing...Sadly

PuffinsAreFictitious · 04/03/2015 20:02

Ah... so not a real thing then

BuffytheThunderLizard · 04/03/2015 20:00

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PuffinsAreFictitious · 04/03/2015 18:57

Neither I, nor any of the many many feminists I giggle with have ever heard of it.

Are you sure it's a real thing?

KatherinaMinola · 04/03/2015 18:40

Yep - it's a silencing technique.

WoTmania · 04/03/2015 18:38

Sounds like a pathetic made-up thing to try and counter the very real mansplaining. A kind of

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