The term "mansplaining" is unethical, amirite?

Look at this guy trying to mansplain ethics.

by Anonymous 1 day ago

calling all Jews moneygrubbing is obviously unjust Look, I'm a man, and I really feel weird about mansplaining the word mansplaining to you, but this is not what it's about. It's about trying to explain something to someone even though they already know what it is. It can be about anything. How to use a drill, or how to park the car. What you're talking about is not at all what the word means.

by Anonymous 1 day ago

Please do because I am here for the irony!

by Actual_Economics 1 day ago

I very nearly replied to this mansplaining what a shoehorn is to you 😂

by Anonymous 1 day ago

Abortion, Reproductive systems, anything to do with a woman's bodily autonomy, speaking as if those same men don't grimace when buying women's products at the grocery store.

by Anonymous 1 day ago

I think they're getting at the fact that this is exclusively a man problem – it's like a generalisation that all men mansplain. However, explaining something to someone in a manner regarded as patronising or condescending isn't something that all men do; nor is it a trait exclusive only to men.

by Anonymous 1 day ago

I wholeheartedly agree lol. Not exactly a succinct argument they've got there.

by Anonymous 1 day ago

The original meaning of mansplaining was something the author claimed she found commonly-- a man outside her field, confidently explaining her field to her. If you expand it to mean men explaining anything to women it becomes useless. Do women never do this? Do they much less commonly do this? Who knows? A better analogy would be to "Jewing him down" as in negotiating price.

by Senior-Bass 1 day ago

So when a woman does something like that what's it called?

by devonrohan 1 day ago

Google says people use "womansplaining" or "femsplaining", apparently.

by Anonymous 1 day ago

Yeah I had no idea it existed until I searched it. My original response was going to be, "well if it was my wife, she'd probably tell me a part I didn't know 😂

by Anonymous 1 day ago

I don't think you even know what mansplaining is.

by Anonymous 1 day ago

Someone who barely knows what they're talking about should explain it to OP in a really condescending manner.

by Plane-Ad 1 day ago

Also doesn't even know what ethical means

by Nervous_Flatworm 1 day ago

I've never once seen "mansplaining" used correctly. "Man literally explains anything at all" = "Mansplaining"

by Anonymous 1 day ago

Why do yall not just look up the term before making these?

by Prestigious_Rope283 1 day ago

The funniest thing about the term "mansplaining" is that "patronizing" already had the same gendered connotation.

by Anonymous 1 day ago

I don't think that's true. The word has the same root meaning but its common usage, and therefore the connotation, is gender-neutral.

by Common-Breakfast 1 day ago

I always make the "man mansplaining what mansplaining means" joke but here we are, seeing it actually happen (and also getting it wrong)

by Pure-Way-7651 1 day ago

Mansplaining is a condescending action of a man explaining something to a woman, that he believes said woman wouldn't understand because she's a woman. It is not a label for all men, nor does it imply that all men do it.

by Few_Evidence 1 day ago

The main question I have is how does one know that someone assumed someone didn't know something because they're a woman? It seems like personal biases would color all interactions in a certain way and make someone assume malicious intent where none exists

by Anonymous 1 day ago

Yeah. Men do "Well Ackchyually..." and assume the other men know nothing all the time.

by Anonymous 1 day ago

Someone has obviously never had what happens to women's bodies during their period described to them by a man.

by Jermey26 1 day ago

Mansplaining isn't about stereotypes, there's nothing in the name that says all men do it. It's the term for when a man gives an explanation of something assuming for no reason other than gender roles that the woman involved would not possibly know what they're talking about.

by Anonymous 1 day ago

Pretty sure it's talking down to a woman while explaining something to her she already goes

by Anonymous 1 day ago

It has lost its original meaning.

by Anonymous 1 day ago

I don't think you understand what mansplaining means and I am just going to be blunt and straight up say no amount of delusion will change the fact that a majority of society's history arguably even now, has been within a patriarchy. Even people who are not misogynist hold misogynistic ideas due to culture, especially including women. Mansplaining is not just condescension, mansplaining does not insuntuare that men can't or don't deserve consideration. Most importantly, mansplaining specifically, is an action mainly done by literal misogynists. There are entire books and works of studies that explain and examine mansplaining, it's existence is not an opinion; it is an objective reality.

by Fearless-Aide-505 1 day ago

No one is accusing all men of doing this though, it's just a trait that is attributed to men

by Anonymous 1 day ago

Yes it's a term used by horrible people to bait others into hating each other

by Anonymous 1 day ago

I do call it obvis-plaining because I have it done by multiple genders. It's still annoying when it comes from a place of male-to-female sexism because it happens per that reason so often. Just like with someone yelling and speaking slowly to a person whose English is not a first language— you're not repoing your people well and you're not helping the way you THINK you are helping.

by Anonymous 1 day ago

"Mansplaining" isn't an unethical term because it only refers to bad behavior among men, not to an inherent trait. Mansplaining itself is an expression of privileged status, and the action itself is unethical. Pointing it out isn't unethical.

by cleveland83 1 day ago

Its a stupid term but its not unethical

by katelinortiz 1 day ago

The best part is you go from "not okay" to "morally bankrupt" lol

by Anonymous 1 day ago

Men 'splain things to other people regardless of gender. Women find it more annoying than other men do. End of discussion.

by Anonymous 1 day ago

you've just generalized, like the above examples

by Anonymous 1 day ago

I agree and I can sense the restraint in your writing btw

by Cassinjalyn 1 day ago

Yeah I'm a dude and ironically the only time I've experienced ‘mansplaining' was from a woman lol.

by Due-Badger-1425 1 day ago

What's unethical is when: 1) A man explains something to me in an unsolicited manner when I already know what I'm doing. 2) It is usually regarding my field of expertise, and I know it better than him. 3) He doesn't do it to men, only women and femme-presenting persons.

by Anonymous 1 day ago

Bro mansplained why mansplaining is bad lol

by Anonymous 1 day ago

If the term is in your vocabulary, you hate men. Plain and simple.

by enolaorn 1 day ago

Alright, man.

by Repulsive_Line4595 1 day ago