Tweeted in my feed, but maybe better to add it here...someone pointed me to this chart by @OaklandElle. Seems the experience is pretty universal! The reference to teaching is
https://www.bustle.com/articles/110557-mansplaining-flowchart-by-elle-armageddon-isnt-actually-about-mansplaining-but-still-perfectly-explains-it-anyway …
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I am sure that does happen. I am talking about the professional context, where women encounter this sort of thing repeatedly.
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I confess, I'm a little confused by the middle box
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Some people are just full of themselves & show off their “knowledge” to all, regardless of gender. Genuine mansplainers tend to do it selectively.
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Is this femsplaining?
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No, because my colleagues asked.
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It’s a good question. Is it the assumption of greater knowledge that’s the problem, or the assumption that a woman has less knowledge? I think most women use it for the latter.
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OMG, could the men who get uncomfortable reading this tweet be any more classic in their insistence on mansplaining mansplaining to you, Kim?

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I was actually just thinking something similar. I could almost create a Hierarchy of Discomfort out of some of this,
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