Page 9 | What's the funniest experience of mansplaining you have experienced

RantyAnty · 09/06/2021 20:12

Do men really think we're all stupid?

littlepeas · 09/06/2021 20:18

I commented that it must be tricky to get his very large vehicle (VW camper) in and out of a very tight car park we both frequented and he proceeded to tell me how I should manoeuvre my car in and out, despite me having done this successfully on many occasions.

MustardRose · 09/06/2021 20:22

@RantyAnty

Do men really think we're all stupid?

Unfortunately yes - most of them do.

Bovrilly · 09/06/2021 20:22

This is not really mansplaining but several times when I've bought him a book that I've read and know he'll love, my DH has put it on the bookshelf and forgotten about it. Some time (maybe years) later, he comes across it, reads it and then goes on and on about how great it is, as if he has personally discovered a masterpiece.

Northernparent68 · 09/06/2021 20:27

I expect most of the mansplainers patronise men as well

BrilliantBetty · 09/06/2021 20:30

My neighbour (ageing 'gent') upon seeing new petrol lawn mower delivered on Saturday morning advised me that I oughtn't to use my new mower like I would a vaccum cleaner. He doesn't let his wife touch his mower because it's far too powerful he said (she drives a 4x4 though).
He knows a man that does lawn mowing on the side, £15 a time, if I can't manage it with no husband at home.

leprintemps · 09/06/2021 20:34

A friend of a friend mansplaining covid and vaccinations on Facebook to an old friend of mine - who is a professor of immunology and on the government's covid advisory committee 🤦‍♀️

MsAdoraBelleDearheartVonLipwig · 09/06/2021 20:39

I had a lovely elderly gentleman enthusiastically congratulate me on my superb reverse parking. I’m not sure whether he was genuinely pleased to see it done so well or surprised that it was done by a woman. He was so sweet that I just said thanks.

Annietheacrobat · 09/06/2021 20:44

I treat conditions A and B. We use drug X all the time for condition A but rarely for condition B. Male colleague today who only treats condition B decided to remind me of the side effects I needed to tell the pt about. Arghhh. Smile and nod.

ScrollingLeaves · 09/06/2021 21:00

“GentlemanJackie

I enjoyed seeing the cockerel mansplaining how to eat the food to the hens who were already eating the food in this video m.youtube.com/watch?v=8zrmI6zOLH4”

That was a joy to watch. Thank you.

Slumcat · 09/06/2021 21:02

A lovely woman attended my clinic with her male partner to discuss contraception- I was discussing all her options, side effects etc when he piped up that from his experience of contraception , he thought it best that she perhaps ( and I quote) “try an implant - you know the one that goes in the arm because it’s got no hormones and that would be my preference”. I politely told him that the implant did indeed contain a hormone, “no no - I think you’re confused the one in the arm with no hormone”. At again I reassured him that I most definitely wasn’t confused and no such implant exists and that also it was his partners choice not his. He chirped up again about not agreeing with hormones. At that point I was internally raging and said I totally agree - can I suggest the best hormone free method? A vasectomy. Quiet as a mouse after that funnily enough

EwwSprouts · 09/06/2021 21:04

I have worked in the sector for a lot of years and also spent time as a management consultant. A male manager joined in a more junior role and took it upon himself to give me a basic introduction to the principles of project management.

littlebay · 09/06/2021 21:08

At a college open day whilst talking to a member of staff, I mentioned that my son took part in a particular sport. Despite admitting to never having tried this sport himself, this man proceeded to make various statements about the equipment that is used which were all incorrect. I pointed out that he was confusing it with another similar sport and described the ACTUAL equipment used for this discipline of the sport. He, in turn, told me that no, I was mistaken and in fact he was right. My son at that stage was competing in this sport at national level and is now on the national youth team…but what do I know?

TheBitchOfTheVicar · 09/06/2021 21:11

@Didiplanthis

Obstetrics reg told me he could tell from my face I wasnt in labour. I told him last time I checked I didn't give birth through my face 😁

Ilovelblue · 09/06/2021 21:22

Probably not exactly what you are asking but my next door neighbour was having a new bathroom installed. She was at work and her plumber insisted on parking his massive van across my drive. I had to ask him to move. He asked if I was going out and I said yes, in about five minutes. He made a great show of being INCREDIBLY busy and it would put him back HOURS in his work. I got in the car after he'd reluctantly moved it about two feet then went to the front of my car and made another great show of trying to guide me out of my own gate

SarahAndQuack · 09/06/2021 21:27

@Slumcat

A lovely woman attended my clinic with her male partner to discuss contraception- I was discussing all her options, side effects etc when he piped up that from his experience of contraception

, he thought it best that she perhaps ( and I quote) “try an implant - you know the one that goes in the arm because it’s got no hormones and that would be my preference”. I politely told him that the implant did indeed contain a hormone, “no no - I think you’re confused the one in the arm with no hormone”. At again I reassured him that I most definitely wasn’t confused and no such implant exists and that also it was his partners choice not his. He chirped up again about not agreeing with hormones. At that point I was internally raging and said I totally agree - can I suggest the best hormone free method? A vasectomy. Quiet as a mouse after that funnily enough

OMG. And also, I adore your response.

SarahAndQuack · 09/06/2021 21:31

The men in my family are champion mansplainers.

My older brother once explained to me at length that it was 'impossible' for a baby to get stuck in the birth canal during delivery, because female anatomy is evolved to prevent that ever happening.

My younger brother 'corrected' me at length about how women felt about childbirth in the past (apparently, it barely hurt and they didn't care if the children died). I disagreed, pointing out I know a bit about it, and he shrugged and replied: 'well, we can't know really can we, we'd need to ask someone who knows about the subject properly'.

I am a historian researching pregnancy loss/traumatic childbirth. (And my own DD ended up as a crash section because she got so thoroughly stuck!)

ChangePart1 · 09/06/2021 21:32

@MsAdoraBelleDearheartVonLipwig

I had a lovely elderly gentleman enthusiastically congratulate me on my superb reverse parking. I’m not sure whether he was genuinely pleased to see it done so well or surprised that it was done by a woman. He was so sweet that I just said thanks.

The chances of him congratulating a middle aged man on parking his car are extremely slim.

TheTuesdayPringle · 09/06/2021 21:34

@BlatantlyNameChanged

So my question is what’s the difference between mansplaining and the behaviour of my mother in law who feels need to explain how everyone should do their everyday tasks they know how to do?

Both sexes can be condescending but mansplaining is done by a certain type of man specifically towards women who he presumes couldn't possibly know what they're talking about/what they're doing simply because they are women and that they need a man to dispense wisdom unto them so that their simple little female brains can better concentrate on the important things like handbags and kittens.

Put simply, mansplaining is when a man explains something to a woman that he would not have explained to a man. The presumption that an explanation is needed simply because it's a woman.

LawnFever · 09/06/2021 21:39

@GertrudePerkinsPaperyThing

The age old trying to explain the off -side rule in football, and assuming I can’t understand it. I am a lawyer, I understand rules! This is not a complex rule.

Anything with rules really, including covid rules, is good for a mansplain.

I think that men either pretend the offside rule is complicated, or they really are a bit dim and think it is, because it’s one of the simplest sporting rules and I’ve never understood the concept that it’s so difficult to explain

HappySwordMaker · 09/06/2021 21:44

@HibouMilou

I’ve got 4 degrees, but live in Scotland (so apparently know nothing)

Ugh you should try being a Kiwi in a workplace full of Brits & Europeans. I had no idea I was thick, but thank goodness I do now. And I feel blessed to finally know that my accent is “wrong”, my education is crap and my kids are feral and shoeless (actually the shoeless part is correct 😂).

Again, not exactly mansplaining but just as entertaining (and depressing when it comes to more serious matters).

WeatherwaxOn · 09/06/2021 21:47

@G5000

Wrotten Oh god yes.

Me to client: So, you can't do this, because bla bla, but you could do that.
Client looks at me like he's chewing on a lemon: Really, are you sure? But..
Male colleague walks in and tells him exactly the same thing: So, you can't do this, but you could do that.

Client stares at him adoringly like he's the second coming: Oh yes, I see, I can't do this but I can do that!! Brilliant!

Penis coefficient is amazing, isn't it. Instantly doubles the credibility of any message.

Used to happen in my old job. I would tell colleague "You need to do xyz in order for us to process your form..." Colleague, "But I've already committed to doing abc." Me: "Well, that is not the standard procedure. In order for us to process your form you need to do xyz." Colleague, "I want to speak to your manager." Male boss: "What seems to be the problem?" Colleague, "I have done abc and I need you to process the form." Male boss, "What did WeatherwaxOn tell you?" Colleague, "Oh she said I had to to xyz." Male boss, "Then do that."

stackemhigh · 09/06/2021 21:50

@GentlemanJackie

Also the top hen Gannet is MAGNIFICENT

@GentlemanJackie at 2.40 mark, this is peak Gannet badassery! Love her.

SomeCatsLikeCheese · 09/06/2021 21:53

The first one that springs to mind is my DB, who is a lovely guy but is getting more patronising the older he gets. He once sat there and watched me study the manual for DC1’s new car seat for 15 minutes (I think fitting car seats is a nightmare and it’s not where my natural talent lies so I was taking my time, you know). I then went out and fitted it in the car. He watched me do this - and then explained how to do it. When I got shirty with him, I got told off for being nasty because he was - classic mansplainer alert - “only trying to help”.

stackemhigh · 09/06/2021 21:55

@Bovrilly

This is not really mansplaining but several times when I've bought him a book that I've read and know he'll love, my DH has put it on the bookshelf and forgotten about it. Some time (maybe years) later, he comes across it, reads it and then goes on and on about how great it is, as if he has personally discovered a masterpiece.

What an idiot, does he not wonder how the book got there? Maybe put in the date you read the book on the first page like an 'i woz ere'.