You know what, this was originally a joke but I really do have thoughts Presumably people who use "mansplain" consider the word fair because they think the behavior it describes (explaining something to someone w/more expertise than you) is more common among men than women 2/n
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But how *much* more common does a behavior need to be among men for it to warrant a man-specific term? Like, presumably if the ratio of women-to-men engaging in this behavior was 4:5 then it wouldn't merit a gendered word like "mansplain" 3/n
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Let's take a poll. How much more common does [the behavior dubbed 'mansplaining'] have to be among men compared to women, in order to justify using the word "mansplain" when men do it ?
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Allow me to court controversy and ask where have you been? You've been awfully quiet lately
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or we can invent "womansplain" to be fair to both side LOL
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I contend that there actually is such a thing. I believe many men who find themselves in traditionally female jobs (child care, housekeeping etc. maybe even nursing) will frequently find themselves being “womansplained” or “matronized”.
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It seems like as a term, it would be more effective to use “patronising” in most cases.
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I don’t mind it in a very very specific case, that is one where the woman is clearly and obviously more qualified in a domain and a man who clearly knows less assumes she’s not and just pushes ahead with a boneheaded explanation. Then perhaps the mockery is worth it. Overused.
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