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Mansplaining is the act of explaining something to a woman in a condescending way that assumes she has no knowledge about the topic. Even if she is an expert in it. And, as the name of the phenomena suggests, men are really good at it.
A few weeks ago, TikToker Victoria Gravesande posted a video on the platform, asking the community to share the "stupidest thing a man has ever mansplained to you." Now, Victoria's recording has over 660K views and plenty of answers, illustrating what you get when you mix ignorance with over-confidence.
@victoriagravesande Ofc I know what a pillow is I’m a pillow princess 👸 #feminism #mansplain #stitchthis #iluvwomen #ughmen
♬ original sound - Victoria Gravesande
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#1
I was working out at the gym and warming up for squats when a man stepped onto my platform and asked if he could spot me. I politely declined but he did not get the hint, he proceeded to mansplain the mechanics of a squat. He showed me where to put the bar on my back, how my feet should be positioned, and how I should breathe. I finally had to interject and let him know that 1) I was a personal trainer, 2) [I] was a competitive powerlifter and 3) had a national-level powerlifting coach.
Michael Beswick 4 years ago
The sad thing is that guys like this usually don't really have a clue what they are doing themselves. These kinds of guys do the same other guys, usually that look smaller than them.
MoodyBlue 4 years ago
Well, if they cannot understand what "no, thanks" means, it is totally their own fault.
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Tina Hugh 4 years ago
I was working legs at the gym and this guy rolled up and started telling me I was doing it wrong and recommending exercises he thought were better. Going on and on about it. I felt obligated to be kind and polite because he had no legs. I don’t mean he had skinny legs. He was a double amputee in a wheelchair.
Helmut Kok 3 years ago
I tried it the other way a female spinning instructor wanted to explain how to use the pedals. I am a certified trainer from the Danish cycling union and one of my riders had won the Danish youth championship a ½ year before.
Kt 4 years ago
'Get that far' what like a polite no AFTER ONE INTERACTION then a person immediately starting to demonstrate is too far....really? The real question is, why was the man a douche in the first place?
Load More Replies...Victoria is a recent graduate living in Ontario, Canada, and she started posting TikToks about misogyny and feminism in January, just to share some of her experiences online. They have been well-received by women who can relate to the everyday sexism that we face, so she just keeps going.
"I realize that mansplaining is not peak feminism, but as someone who is intelligent, well-read, and a grown person, I know that when men speak to me condescendingly about things that are so mundane - like pillows! - it is because he assumes - knowingly or not - that women are not as smart as men," Gravesande told Bored Panda.
"Mansplaining is one of those things that women are just expected to tolerate in a patriarchal society, so I knew a lot of women would be able to relate and share their own experiences with it, and it's not a heavy topic ... so I knew women would not hesitate to share their experiences. My goal with my TikTok account is to talk about everyday experiences for women and to think critically about everyday things that we don't realize are rooted in misogyny."
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#2
I once had a man break down exactly how much pain women feel during childbirth after I told him I had delivered two nine-pound babies, without an epidural. Like, sir, I did not stress test my taint just to have an illiterate argue with me about it.
C.S. E. 4 years ago
My sister described it as passing a football covered in razor blades, blade side out. My tubes tied themselves.
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Leo Domitrix 4 years ago
When men explain childbrith or menstrual pain, I have for thirty years asked, "Havve you ever put your genitalia in a vise for three days? No? Then shut up." So far, it works. They shut up.
Monic Krugell 4 years ago
Isn't it great when men try to compare their latest stupidity injury paid to your labour pains as well?
Michael Beswick 4 years ago
You really can compare them. A "kick in the balls" is a completely different type of pain over a different length of time. Labour looks more like a horrific mathon torture session!
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Guido Pisano 4 years ago
How some people can be like that? Have you experienced childbirth? So how could you talk?
MandaPanda 4 years ago
Two, 9lbs babies. No epidural. This woman is a goddess!!! I've had two babies, one 6lbs and the other 8lbs neither with an epidural too but 9lbs!!! This woman is my hero.
Mimi777 4 years ago
My baby broke my tailbone coming out. It really sucked. They had to give me morphine for it.
Michael Beswick 4 years ago (edited)
Everyone's experience of pain is different, as even between men and women it has been demonstrated to be different. Apparently women tolerate pain chronic pain much better than men. Even between women it's obvious the pain is vastly different, so it's cannot be generalised. There is a huge difference between a birth that takes minutes with no complications, and one that takes hours or is complicated to the point of causing death to the mother. The only person that can describe such a thing is someone who has experienced it.
#3
I once had a grown man tell me that women don't fart. He genuinely believed this in his soul. I told him that he was wrong and of course women fart and he told me that biologically women cannot fart. I have no words.
MandaPanda 4 years ago
No, we're from Venus where people don't fart and men are from Mars where apparently they do lol
Load More Replies... Jessica Shookhoff 4 years ago
Hell yeah! Sneak attack. Leave him both speechless AND unconscious!!!
Load More Replies...The term mansplaining is often credited to Rebecca Solnit for her 2008 essay, which became a book in 2014 called Men Explain Things to Me. While Solnit did not coin the term, the book solidified it and the concept of mansplaining quickly spread across social media and pop culture.
As feminist writer Erynn Brook pointed out in The Guardian, since then, the "-splaining" suffix has been applied to other areas as well. There's whitesplaining, cisplaining, hetsplaining, richsplaining... The list goes on. The important thing to note about these words, Brook said, is how they highlight the power differential. "The word always describes the act of the person with the most power in the conversation, the man, the white person, the cisgendered person, the heterosexual person, the rich person and so. This is why terms such as femsplaining or womansplainingw to describe the act of a woman speaking condescendingly to a man are not generally accepted," Brook explained.
#4
He didn't know what mansplaining was...so I told him. And then he mansplained mansplaining...to ME.
Marcellus the Third 4 years ago
Your own home-grown mansplainer? Not sure that's what we needed.
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Matt Bernasconi 4 years ago
I can't understand this one. It would be too arrogant and condescending. He could have likely just repeated back to her what she said to him, to check if he had it correct.
A Cat Named Dragon 4 years ago
Thank you for mansplaining mansplaining mansplaining!
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#5
I once had a man mansplain to me my own name. My name is Niamh, it's Irish. So I met this guy, he had only ever interacted with me on WhatsApp, and so he said, 'Oh you must be Ny-am.' And I said, 'Oh no, it's Niamh, it's pronounced like this, it's the Irish language.' And he goes, 'No, it should be 'Ny-am.' And I was like, 'No, it's my name. It's a different language.' And he was like, 'But there's an 'M' in it. It should be Ny-am.' And he just kept going and going as if I needed to get through my tiny woman brain that I was pronouncing my own name wrong for 22 years of my life. He wasn't an Irish speaker or a native English speaker, he was Greek.
IlovemydogShilo 4 years ago
I’d love to know how he would think these names are pronounced. Aoife Aiobhinn Caoimhe . Saoirse Ciara ... Roisin
Kathryn Baylis 4 years ago
Those are the times when you say “What a distinctive name! How is it pronounced?” Then make damn sure you pronounce it correctly from then on. It’s someone’s NAME, ffs! Respect it!
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Lou 4 years ago
"He was Greek" explains eveything. We know everything and are experts on anything. For thousands of years now.
King Joffrey 4 years ago
You pronounce it like Neve (which is the English version of the name).
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Sweetie Dahling 4 years ago
I’ve been told I mispronounce my own name as well...sigh...I put it down to the dude being monolingual and not understanding that English isn’t the only language out there
Bender Bending Rodríguez 4 years ago
I know this pain. I am at point where I just gave up on correcting people. As long as it sounds close to many variants of my name I heard in past, I'll reply.
King Joffrey 4 years ago
'neev' - the anglicised version is Neve (like the actress Neve Campbell)
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Donna Leske 4 years ago
My ex had a teacher traumatize him in elementary school by INSISTING that he was spelling his own last name wrong "the i comes BEFORE the e!". My ex is not English nor American, nor was it the teacher's business to respell a child's name.
A Cat Named Dragon 4 years ago
And... did he pronounce “should” like sho-you-old ... because it has an L and a U in it?
Gravesande wants women and girls to engage with her TikTok in a funny and frustrating way where they all can share their experiences and feel less alone, reminding people that women and girls aren't stupid. "It's not fair that we have to 'just accept' that as women, we will not be taken as seriously as men," she said.
"The response to this TikTok has been overwhelming and at first, I tried to watch and comment on every single person who answered my question but there were just so many. I think I lost count after 300 and that was three days after I posted the video. Rebecca Black and Lili Hayes stitched my video and my friends sent it to me so that was really cool!"
#6
One time my boyfriend's dad tried to explain to me how the spacing of studs worked in a wall... I'm a CARPENTER!
cassiushumanmother 4 years ago
But a FEMALE carpenter so obviously an average dad know better than a female CARPENTER. Obviously!
DogMom 4 years ago
My father-in-law is the biggest offender of mansplaining I ever met. For the sake of family peace I’ve learned to bite my tongue a lot. My MIL and her friend both have a foreign language as their mother tongue. At a family function they were speaking (perfect) English with each other (probably to not seem rude/leave people out). My FIL then proceeds to tell them they can speak their native language with each other. Like, dude, they don’t need your permission. If they didn’t want to speak English they wouldn’t speak English. They just continued on speaking English anyway.
Monic Krugell 4 years ago
Maybe it was his oddly directed attempt at bonding over your common interest....
Daria B 4 years ago (edited)
You were downvoted, but you have a point. Sure, we don't know what happened exactly, and I totally get the annoyed feeling of the author of this entry, but not everyone is good at communicating, thus sometimes your words can result into rather unpleasant misleading situations. I can totally imagine an enthusiast meeting a professional and showing off their knowledge being misunderstood as... needless and uncalled for explanation.... Especially when there's a huge age gap.
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Chuck Donaldson 4 years ago
Anybody know the explanation? Yeah, I know they space is 16" but what's the explanation for it?
Robert Thompson 4 years ago
My problem is quite the opposite. I often assume that everyone knows what I know. (until they ask anyway.)
Christine Ladyman 4 years ago
My friends dad interrupted her reissuing a cardiac arrest weed had in ICU, to eosinophil to us how it SHOULD be done. I've had make patients try to teach me bandaging... I think they feel vulnerable and threatened by educated women, especially when they need advice themselves.
Leo Domitrix 4 years ago
Professional carpenters know a LOT, as my late gramps would inform you, so I'll just let his ghost guide me into hoping you're joking. Someone who nails lumber together is not a carpenter....
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#7
A customer in the store I work at told me that he had been on a round trip of Europe and I asked him where he went, and he said he went to Copenhagen and so I said, 'Oh that's cool, you went to Denmark.' He said, 'No, I said I went to Copenhagen.' I said, 'Yeah, I heard that, but Copenhagen is in Denmark.' And he tried to explain to me that Copenhagen and Denmark are both towns in Sweden.
Bender Bending Rodríguez 4 years ago
That's not men thing, that's ignorance and stupidity thing. I have had similar conversations with men and women. Thing in common here is the stupider they are harder they defend their false 'fact'.
Aunt Messy 4 years ago
You mean without stepping in front of a bus or putting Drano in his coffee, right?
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Robert T 4 years ago
Can't be. As a Dane, you must've been born in København. ;-)
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Ann Abdelzaher 3 years ago
ROFL to be fair Sweden is only like a 30-minute train ride from Copenhagen :D This reminds me of my son thinking Chicago was its own state.
"As I said earlier, exposing mansplaining is not peak feminism. Women don't die from it, I wouldn't necessarily say that we are traumatized from it, but just because there are no casualties doesn't mean it's harmless or not a real issue," Gravesande added. "My country has been in lockdown for the past year so I haven't been out and about speaking to anyone who might mansplain something to me, but I do realize that I will probably still experience this in the future."
The woman said it feels almost inescapable since "at any position of my adult life, as a partner, an employee, someone with a hobby, and as a student, someone is always willing to mansplain something to me."
Gravesande doesn't think it will go away until men simply accept that women are intelligent and can, in fact, be experts.
#8
He interrupts me while I'm talking about women's issues and goes "I'm gonna stop your right there because I'm a feminist so I should know what I'm talking about" and then proceeded to mansplain womanhood to me. Me a woman. And he thought he knew more about being a woman then me A WOMAN
Lady Artemis 4 years ago
And this obviously makes sense because "i'M a FeMiNiSt So I kNoW wHaT I'm TaLkInG aBoUt!1!!!1!!1"
Kathryn Baylis 4 years ago (edited)
He was just a poser, and it was just a weak pick up line. If he really was a feminist, he’d know better than to mansplain. Or use lame pick up lines.
earringnut 4 years ago
If he was a feminist that sentence would be followed with questions.
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Jane Petersen 4 years ago
Yesterday, a male coworker spoke over me and two other women to tell us why we chose to wear comfortable shoes and pants.
Denise Melek 3 years ago
I'm a maskulist. That means I could kick him in the balls and tell him to stop whining then because I know it doesn't hurt that much.
François Carré 4 years ago
Yeah but he knows better because he's got more distance from it, you see. Women are so "nose to the grinstone" with womanhood.
#9
My ex explained to me what a pillow is used for. He said the pillow is used to support the neck and the head.
Red Hair Blue Soul 4 years ago
You should have put it over his face and asked him to breathe deeply for a few minutes
Monic Krugell 4 years ago
You see, a woman can use it for so much more.....
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Dhukath 4 years ago
I think it would be awesome if women carried a sheet of gold star sticker with them at all times, that way they could reward the men for their good work!
S O N G O 4 years ago
I feel stupid for saying this but are they not used for that? Then what are they used for...?
Marianne 4 years ago
What he said was right. The problem is that he thought his girlfriend wouldn't know that.
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Kenny Vermeulen 4 years ago
heh, i never use a pillow for my head / neck, usually i jsut cuddle it if the missus ain't home :-p
Daria B 4 years ago
You should have introduced him to those body length pillows with life-sized anime characters on them. ♡
Demongrrrrl 4 years ago
I love my body pillow, but it doesn't have any characters on it, alas. It's good for side-sleepers how have back issues.
Load More Replies...All the replies her TikTok has received have reassured Gravesande that mansplaining is a universal experience for women. "I saw videos from women in the UK, Australia, and Brazil stitch my video. Professional women who have PhDs and are doctors have stitched my video. This has opened my eyes to sexism at its core," she said.
"Women around the world from different backgrounds and with different jobs have all experienced this and it's a phenomenon that occurs when men perceive you as a woman. There is also an alarming amount of men who have mansplained periods, PMS, and pregnancy to women and girls and that has been jaw-dropping for me."
Many stories downright shocked Victoria. "Dr. Melissa Mork, an academic expert, stitched my video and shared her experiences losing her parents, her close friends, and her partner, and a man still told her she knows nothing about grief and then explained to her what it was based on losing his dog at the age of 12. Video answers like that struck a nerve because mansplaining experiences boil down to men thinking their feelings are more valid than women's."
#10
My Period. I have a period and every other month it hurts and this dude was "do you even know how periods work?". I had a period for 15 years, I think I have a good idea.
Harrison Miller 4 years ago
Me and my friend always talk about, what if guys just started bleeding out of their d*ck. They would lose their F*cking minds.
earringnut 4 years ago
Biologically it's closer to the outer layer of the s*****m swelling with blood and falling off. With a prelude of testicle pain.
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Cori 4 years ago
If it hurts worse on that every other month. She really might want to talk to her gynecologist. She might have a issue with that ovary.
Me 4 years ago
Yes, I thought the same. One ovary shouldn't be more painful than the other.
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Valisbourne Spiritforge 4 years ago
If guys could menstruate there would be hygiene products for such in every restroom
Jane Petersen 4 years ago
A male college friend told me once that women having periods is 'gross' and then went on to tell me he bled out of his a**s due to colitis. He got mad when I said that was 'gross'. ugh
Jaybird3939 4 years ago
I had that problem too. Not only did it hurt worse, but flow was heavier and PMS was BAD!!
Chuck Donaldson 4 years ago
Why does it hurt every other month? I would've thought it'd hurt every time. 🤔🤷🏻♂️
Lillukka79 4 years ago
Because the amount of hormones differs at times, depending on several things. Mine are always painfull, but from time to time they are debilitating and I need to take a sick day from work.
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#11
So, a man took me to get tacos. I'm eating the chips before we get our meal and he's like, 'Do you like the salsa?' and I'm like, 'Yeah I do, it's good.' And he's like, 'Do you know that if you like the salsa you can actually also put that on your tacos?' And I was like... 'Yeah, I'm aware how salsa works.'
E Menendez 4 years ago
Yes. To be fair, this guy might have been an idiot and his mind might have been blown when he found out he could put the salsa on the taco as well as eat it with chips. I have met unfortunate people of all genders that try to impart common knowledge on others because they just did not realize it was common. It really has to be taken in the context of the person.
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Bender Bending Rodríguez 4 years ago
I was about to say may be he just found out and wanted to share is new discovery. LOL
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Robert Thompson 4 years ago
He just found this out and was excited to share. Because it was IRL instead of tictok, it came out weird.
Duc Nguyen 4 years ago
Sounds like sarcasm, I would explain it but women wouldn't understand it anyways.
#12
A man explained to me the title of my poetry collection.
pumpkin 4 years ago
are the kids explaining it to the actual author though? do you not understand the difference?
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Monika Rhodes 4 years ago
Are you trying to get one better on the other guy? Cos you're doing well. Wtf?
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#13
Women can't go around topless because they lactate
Donna Leske 4 years ago
They need to stop doing it (not) or just, you know, shut it off (not).
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Pan Narrans 4 years ago
Should we explain to him that topless isn't a problem because girls milk their breasts twice daily before they go to the beach?
Marcellus the Third 4 years ago
Wait, so different milking schedules is the only reason behind different cup sizes? Please elaborate!
Load More Replies... Michael Beswick 4 years ago
Damn, I never knew bras were you catch the milk gushing out of women all the time!
Monic Krugell 4 years ago
Yes sweetie, we lactate all the time - remember that when you are getting freaky with some girl next time....
Lady Artemis 4 years ago
But you don't make cows put somethin over their udders, and THEY lactate! Logic much?
Samantha Lomb 4 years ago
For a while censors did make cartoon cows wear dresses to cover up
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Random Anon 4 years ago
Lol omg... what did this dude think will happen if a woman removed her top? Did he think bras come with some kind of valve? I cannot wrap my head around this.
Roland Gosselin 4 years ago
And men jizz in their pants all day. Lonely Island figured that one out.
#14
I was playing Mulan at Disney World, and this little girl comes up to me and goes, 'Hiyah! Hiyah! Hiyah!' which is very common for little kids to do. Her dad looks at me and says, 'Oh she's doing that because in the movie Mulan, Mulan fights in the war against the bad guys. And I said, 'You mean me?
Kathryn Baylis 4 years ago
Like she didn’t already know every little detail of the character she was dressed as.
Troux 4 years ago
I don't think this was mansplaining, I think this was just someone who lost sight of the fact that a) she's in character and b) he's not in the outside world where people wouldn't understand Mulan.
Anna Repp 4 years ago
Could be - if the girl does it all the time he might have made a habit of saying it...
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Just a small town girl. 4 years ago
It is actually very hard to be a Disney princess! there is a lot of things that they have to do. A guy at the park said "its simple put on a dress and smile at people." no.
Christopher Davis 4 years ago
That wasn't the point it was about the mansplaining you imbecile
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#15
My period. Need I say more?
Gregg V 4 years ago
Why is your period pill name Tom? Shouldn't it be named Karen instead?!
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Nic Dudley 4 years ago
That's when you stab him in the d**k and say ok now we can discuss periods.
Gabunya Matata 4 years ago (edited)
i love hearing how women overreact period pain just cuz " their hormones make them angry and dramatize" lol if i hit their (the men i've heard the s**t above from) lower backs with a shovel and then stab them in the guts with a knife and twist it whey would know exactly how it feels :D
#16
I'm currently pregnant and in the 1st trimester non-stop nausea, morning sickness PS it's all day sickness. Went to the pharmacy to see if anything could help medication wise. The pharmacist decided to mansplain to me "you know nausea & morning sickness are a normal symptom of pregnancy." As if i didn't know like literally explained it to me as if it was going to be a lightbulb moment for me.
Giorgio Filardi 4 years ago
I am a pharmacist, it is not mansplaining it is litterally my job.
Douglas Turner 4 years ago
If I came to you with a headache and asked for aspirin would you tell me headaches are a natural part of dealing with people, or would you sell me what I want and not waste my time with an irrelevant dribble? I have met too many pharmacists who feel the need to explain my medication every time I pick it up... the same medication I have been taking for over 30 years. Dude, I know more about the drugs effects on my brain and body than you ever will. And I don't expect you to. I expect you to fill the prescription that my DOCTOR and I have worked out for me.
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Sergio Bicerra 4 years ago
To be fair, have read some stories of people being totally ignorant about symthoms and sickness., think they guy was just doing his job.
Vicky Z 4 years ago
When you feel horrible you don't need someone telling you that is normal even if it is.... women's symptoms are ignored for years because of this behaviour and many have died through the years cause of this
Load More Replies... Leo Domitrix 4 years ago
Normal doesn't mean ENJOYABLE. Give a man nausea, and he's hugging a bucket for a day. Give a woman nausea from pregnancy, and it's all, "Oh, just deal." ... Sorry. Irritated b/c I'm medical and "normal" doesn't mean you feel OK. It's normal to scream in agony after being gutshot, too. Sheesh.
Christine Ladyman 4 years ago
Had a gynaecologist tell me severe period pain was perfectly normal... guess I shouldn't have bothered him then. When I asked if I could go on the Pill to reduce the symptoms,,, he then told me, if I'd come for contraception I should just be honest about it! I was 21. Now, I think he'd reached a stage where women just annoyed him... Time to retire!!
WhatEvenIsLife 4 years ago (edited)
My oldest, for about the first six weeks of his life, had to be either held or constantly rocked to stay asleep, and he never slept for more than two hours because he woke up to feed like he was a German f*****g train. Having already had sleep issues during the last trimester, I was chronically exhausted and DESPERATE for sleep. I posted in a mom's support group asking if anyone knew of an automatic rocker I could buy. Some dude replied with an article explaining how baby monkeys who aren't held enough develop problems. I was like... if I die from exhaustion that's not going to help my baby much. I held him the vast majority of the time, I just want a FEW consecutive hours of sleep. Asshat.
François Carré 4 years ago
Man + pharmacist or doctor is a dangerous combo when it comes to mansplaining.
Orange Juice 4 years ago
He was probably just trying to reassure them. I mean, a lot of people panic if it's their first time.
Bianca Saville 4 years ago
You don't get a big belly in the first trimester
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Wednesday 4 years ago
So instead of knowing that you know that since A. there you are pregnant, and B. there you are asking what can be done about this thing that you are experiencing - which may be normal but f*****g sucks so let's f*****g fix it asshole.... he condescends to explain that it's normal. NEXT! Turn your ass around and find someone who can take the cotton out of his ears and put it in his mouth.
#17
I just had I a man tell me what teeth are. He told they stay in the mouth and they help crush up food right after he swallowed his filling and/or whole tooth he wasn't completely sure which one was which.
Alex the awful German 4 years ago
Was he drunk?/high/a moron/all of that? Why in the world would a sane person do that?
Evil Little Thing 4 years ago
Because men say some really stupid things to women on the regular. I had a guy try telling me what steam was, as if I didn't know already.
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Dan Steely 4 years ago
These are all horrible stories of idiot men. No doubt. But I once tried to encourage a woman stressing about her upcoming preparations for a European vacation, after listening to her rant about how horrible it all was going, simply saying, “Yeah, but you’ll have so much fun when you finally get there!” She went off on me for mansplaining a vacation to her. I mean, really? It’s not like I thought she didn’t know what a vacation was. I was just trying to encourage her 🤦♂️
A Cat Named Dragon 4 years ago
I agree. Mansplaining isn’t just saying stupid stuff while being male or explaining something basic to someone. It is explaining a subject to a woman whose qualifications should tell him that she is more knowledgeable than he is.
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#18
My own major. I'm graduating next week
Chuck Donaldson 4 years ago
A prof once said "When you graduate you should have learned enough to know you're not an expert."
Sammi Unni 4 years ago
I once had a coworker mansplain how to mix primary colours together.... I am an artist.
Carl Watson 4 years ago
I don't understand the American education system , obviously, if you can be sure you will"graduate". In England, we take finals, which we might or might not pass.
Anna Repp 4 years ago
In that case he could just start a meaningful conversation with her about the subject or ask her opinion on the latest news in the field - you know, have a conversation without explaining things.
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This morning my dad tried to explain to me that it was Thursday he would not listen when I said it was Wednesday. When I pulled out my phone and showed he he got really mad.
Mr Red 4 years ago
Monday, one day. Tuesday, two day. Wednesday, when? Thursday... the third day
Natalie Seaton 4 years ago
You have to stop the Q-tip when there is resistance. :)
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CharliAnn Olney 4 years ago
Some men, Dad's especially, hate to be proven wrong! So glad my Dearly Beloved wasn't like these fools!
Kelly Hartle 4 years ago
My dad once tried to tell me that "Yield" signs meant oncoming traffic had to yield to him. I spent four years as the staff attorney for the Bureau of Motor Vehicles.
#20
Kirby. This little guy hangs on my backpack we go everywhere together. And on time I was at this restaurant, and this guy that works there came up to me and he's like "Aw, I like the little Kirby that's hanging on your backpack!" and I was like "Aw, thanks!." this guy proceeds to go "You know? I bet you only like him cuz he's cute. Have you ever played a Kirby game? They're really fun." I cut him off. I was like "Yes! Actually! I've played almost every Kirby game! He's one of my favorite video game characters!"
Furious George 4 years ago
Because women don't REALLY play video games, obviously.
Load More Replies... Kathryn Baylis 4 years ago
If he’d followed his first line with “How long have you been playing Kirby games?” and dropped the mansplaining bullshit, she might’ve been open to talking to him more and maybe even playing a couple Kirby games with him. His stupid loss.
#21
I was at work and I had to sweep the line. I was sweeping it and this guy that was working there at the time tried to teach me how to sweep.
Niffler_13 4 years ago
I've had to teach plenty of individuals of all genders how to properly sweep.
Maria Rib 4 years ago
This is true. I had a new employee that thought you just whipped it around left and right. I made him clean every surface he just shot dirt up on to be sure he understood why that was NOT the right way.
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Momma Panda 4 years ago
Oh, just give the broom to the sweeping professional and leave for a break!
Logic and Reason 4 years ago
I don’t see a problem. There are wrong ways to sweep, and I’m choosing to assume that as your coworker the man was just trying to be helpful.
Monic Krugell 4 years ago
If you have the vision - its your mission ; hand the broom over so that he can show you!
Afroditi Dimitroulia 4 years ago
you should tell him you didnt get it and let him show you how it's done till he finishes sweeping
Leodavinci 4 years ago
Everyone knows that sweeping is one of those things that there is more than one way to do, right?
What do you think ?
Sara Rosen 4 years ago
How to urinate! WTactualF!!??? Once had a man explain to me how I should sit, how much paper to use, and which direction to wipe. Thanks bro, I'd just been holding it in for 20 years, thank god you showed up.
Ozacoter 4 years ago
My FIL explained me once how you cannot drink tap water if you are pregnant and want a boy "because if the hormones in there". I said nothing to be polite but when I was home I explained my partner why this was wrong and how sex determination works in humans. He didnt believe me over his father (who is a electrician). I have two masters in biology, I am pretty sure that I know how it works...
E Menendez 4 years ago
I can say I would not be with your partner of he does not put faith in your expertise... In the future he will be putting his father's advice before your knowledge, perspective and/or thoughts.
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blugeagua 4 years ago
I'll never in my life understand why men who do that are like that. They really think women are a monolith instead of the individual people that we are. They only see us as children who don't know anything about anything and treat us in such a condescending and patronizing way. Its annoying as hell.
Sinkvenice 4 years ago
My brother was visiting yesterday and on two occasions I told him something that my boyfriend then explained again, using the exact same words. Me: Thank you for explaining what I just said in exactly the same way. Brother: Yes, she *just* said that. Boyfriend: *Gets embarrassed and pulls sheepish grin before claiming* "I have earbuds in, I didn't properly hear what was said." Riiiiiiiiiigt :-D
Andrew Gibb 4 years ago
Womansplaining is a thing as well- Woman will at times explain to men how to do household tasks. Times are changing people- it shouldn't be man vs. woman. We work better together.
If I could I would live under water 4 years ago
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Kat 4 years ago (edited)
I've met mansplaining every time I have to buy something for my car. One time the man in the shop started to explain how I want a wrong part for my car. I finally had enough and had him search their database. I was right and he didn't say anything more after that, not even thank you or smth when I handed him the money...
Kelly Rouse 4 years ago
I had an insurance agent try to "mansplain" plumbing to me when I was getting quotes for a pending home purchase. Him: "Is the plumbing PVC or Copper? "You do know what PVC is dont you?" It did not help that I am an Engineer and at that time designed equipment which included pipe and tube work. I knew more at that time about piping that he probably will ever bother knowing.
Blk Pumpkin 4 years ago
1) My husband tried to mansplain, how to do (his) laundry. He now, always does his own laundry. 2) A guy tried to mansplain how a woman should correctly put on a "period pad."
Sara Rosen 4 years ago
How to urinate! WTactualF!!??? Once had a man explain to me how I should sit, how much paper to use, and which direction to wipe. Thanks bro, I'd just been holding it in for 20 years, thank god you showed up.
Ozacoter 4 years ago
My FIL explained me once how you cannot drink tap water if you are pregnant and want a boy "because if the hormones in there". I said nothing to be polite but when I was home I explained my partner why this was wrong and how sex determination works in humans. He didnt believe me over his father (who is a electrician). I have two masters in biology, I am pretty sure that I know how it works...
E Menendez 4 years ago
I can say I would not be with your partner of he does not put faith in your expertise... In the future he will be putting his father's advice before your knowledge, perspective and/or thoughts.
Load More Replies... blugeagua 4 years ago
I'll never in my life understand why men who do that are like that. They really think women are a monolith instead of the individual people that we are. They only see us as children who don't know anything about anything and treat us in such a condescending and patronizing way. Its annoying as hell.
Sinkvenice 4 years ago
My brother was visiting yesterday and on two occasions I told him something that my boyfriend then explained again, using the exact same words. Me: Thank you for explaining what I just said in exactly the same way. Brother: Yes, she *just* said that. Boyfriend: *Gets embarrassed and pulls sheepish grin before claiming* "I have earbuds in, I didn't properly hear what was said." Riiiiiiiiiigt :-D
Andrew Gibb 4 years ago
Womansplaining is a thing as well- Woman will at times explain to men how to do household tasks. Times are changing people- it shouldn't be man vs. woman. We work better together.
If I could I would live under water 4 years ago
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Load More Replies... Kat 4 years ago (edited)
I've met mansplaining every time I have to buy something for my car. One time the man in the shop started to explain how I want a wrong part for my car. I finally had enough and had him search their database. I was right and he didn't say anything more after that, not even thank you or smth when I handed him the money...
Kelly Rouse 4 years ago
I had an insurance agent try to "mansplain" plumbing to me when I was getting quotes for a pending home purchase. Him: "Is the plumbing PVC or Copper? "You do know what PVC is dont you?" It did not help that I am an Engineer and at that time designed equipment which included pipe and tube work. I knew more at that time about piping that he probably will ever bother knowing.
Blk Pumpkin 4 years ago
1) My husband tried to mansplain, how to do (his) laundry. He now, always does his own laundry. 2) A guy tried to mansplain how a woman should correctly put on a "period pad."
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