Originally posted by Sancty
It's a thing a lot of women experience though
when a man just assumes he knows more about a topic than you and starts explaining it to you as if youre an idiotit's a stupid term but it's referring to that, not just being condescending
Originally posted by Slay
It's quite non-sensical in general though. I though that ''mansplaining'' referred to men explaining women's right issues to women in a condescending manner. It's ridiculous though to apply it to every situation where a man explains something to a women in a way that appears condescending to said woman. In fact, it is actually... sexist.
I don't like it as a term because it makes people defensive.. and it just sounds stupid mmm
Originally posted by Sancty
The whole point is to address the sexism of assuming someone knows less than you on a topic because of their gender
It could be used in a sexist way though, yeahI don't like it as a term because it makes people defensive.. and it just sounds stupid mmm
A lot of women have reported this pattern of many men being particularly condescending to them, often about topics they are well versed in, while not displaying such behaviour with men, for example their colleagues. I tend to believe those many accounts, and from personal experience can tell that being condescended very rarely happens to me. I have also witnessed comments and tweets directed at women which fit these claims. Sure there's condescending people that are condescending to everyone. But to me it seems evident that there's also a lot of men who are condescending mainly or solely to women (perhaps often not even consciously).
Originally posted by SanctyI think those kind of men would speak the same way to other men they saw as "lesser" than them too though, I get the reasoning behind it but to make it a purely male thing is inaccurate and imo is harmful to gender relations
It's a thing a lot of women experience though
when a man just assumes he knows more about a topic than you and starts explaining it to you as if youre an idiotit's a stupid term but it's referring to that, not just being condescending