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    Helen Pluckrose‏ @HPluckrose 26 Sep 2017

    Helen Pluckrose Retweeted spoopy hello ween dicks

    But this is highly subjective & often paranoid. 'You're explaining things to me because you think I don't know things because I'm a woman.'https://twitter.com/Dix_Lel/status/912613403524571142 …

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    spoopy hello ween dicks @Dix_Lel
    Replying to @gregstevens @HPluckrose
    YOU 👏 DON'T 👏 UNDERSTAND 👏 WHAT 👏 MANSPLAINING 👏 IS It isn't just another word for condescention. It's when this cond. stems from sexism.
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      2. Helen Pluckrose‏ @HPluckrose 26 Sep 2017

        I'm sure that happens but also that it's assumed for ideological reasons much more than it does happen.

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      3. Helen Pluckrose‏ @HPluckrose 26 Sep 2017

        eg, my friend was a sports journalist & finds that men explain rules of football to her & this is almost certainly coz she is female.

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      4. Helen Pluckrose‏ @HPluckrose 26 Sep 2017

        An assumption is made that she won't know them based on the fact that women are less familiar with them than men on average.

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      5. Helen Pluckrose‏ @HPluckrose 26 Sep 2017

        Similarly, my husband was irritated by women explaining to him that babies need feeding & changing when out with our baby daughter.

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      6. Helen Pluckrose‏ @HPluckrose 26 Sep 2017

        Gender-based assumptions of knowledge & experience can be made because of genuine differences on average & these can be irritating.

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      7. Helen Pluckrose‏ @HPluckrose 26 Sep 2017

        They can also be made due to genuine sexism and the idea that one sex is generally ignorant but I suspect this to be rare in current year.

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      8. Helen Pluckrose‏ @HPluckrose 26 Sep 2017

        A Saudi cleric might claim women have only a quarter of a brain but western men tend to have been at school with girls & know we know things

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      2. spoopy hello ween dicks‏ @Dix_Lel 26 Sep 2017
        Replying to @HPluckrose

        Mmm, not really. It's similar to slander. In a court, almost impossible to prove 100%. But that don't mean you can't *safely* assume at time

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      3. Helen Pluckrose‏ @HPluckrose 26 Sep 2017
        Replying to @Dix_Lel

        See the rest of the thread. I gave examples of times you can assume this.

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      1. Harold Weaver Smith‏ @hws5mp 26 Sep 2017
        Replying to @HPluckrose

        CAN 👏WE 👏ALL 👏AGREE 👏THAT 👏USING 👏CLAP 👏EMOJIS 👏MEANS👏YOU'VE👏LOST 👏THE 👏ARGUMENT 👏AND 👏ARE 👏NOW 👏JUST 👏SHOUTING? 😉

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      1. Positive Improvement‏ @PositiveImprove 26 Sep 2017
        Replying to @HPluckrose

        That definition means that to call something mansplaining you have to be a mind-reader (know for a fact the intentions of a person).

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      2. spoopy hello ween dicks‏ @Dix_Lel 26 Sep 2017
        Replying to @HPluckrose

        I agree that most of the time, accusations of "mansplaining" are unfounded. However, that shouldn't turn the word into a non-usable one.

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      3. Joe Hainstock‏ @Joemanji84 26 Sep 2017
        Replying to @Dix_Lel @HPluckrose

        Problem is that its usage has moved from light ribbing to highlight a very minor issue to furious ideological rage and contempt.

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      4. spoopy hello ween dicks‏ @Dix_Lel 26 Sep 2017
        Replying to @Joemanji84 @HPluckrose

        I agree

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      1.  🐸not 🐸 AliRadicali‏ @Banned_Ali 26 Sep 2017
        Replying to @HPluckrose

        It's just an imputation of sexism to avoid the actual point being made by the mansplainer. It is a means to bully& shame men into silence.

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      1. LW_Drives ن‏ @lawebber215 26 Sep 2017
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        Usually stopped by "Yeah, I know..." 2/2

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      1. LW_Drives ن‏ @lawebber215 26 Sep 2017
        Replying to @HPluckrose

        Howzabout you just stop at "...you think I don't know/understand what you're talking about." We do it to each other, too. 1/

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