The term is and should remain acceptable. But maybe it shouldn't be acceptable to misunderstand or misuse it? http://www.tomdispatch.com/blog/175584/rebecca_solnit_the_archipelago_of_ignorance …
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It shouldn't be gendered.
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"It shouldn't be gendered". I suspect you and your intellectual opponents think and say that lot... but maybe for different reasons.
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Yes, I expect so. If we'd object to a man saying women talk too much, reasonable to object to mansplaining.
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Let's object to: 1) saying something's "mansplaining" if it's not; and 2) saying "the women are talking more than the men" if they're not.
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I'll object to gendered generalisations. Don't call condescending talk mansplaining or volubility womantalking.
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Or because mansplaining is abt men being more direct & informative whilst women are often more circuitous & exploratory...
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calling a failure to get to the point 'womanwaffling.' Just ask someone to get to the point.
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Wait, what?
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Just one recent example that came to mind. https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2017/jun/13/david-bonderman-resigns-uber-board-sexist-remark …
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Christ, what a monster!
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I hate to see the word "mansplaining" used as if it means "a man's explanation" as if that's a counter argument. It's not. But...
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