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If there’s one thing women love, it’s men assuming they know everything! Whether the topic at hand is period cramps or astrophysics, nobody knows better than a guy who’s seen a few YouTube videos… Right?
Mansplaining is obviously not something that all men do, but it is, unfortunately, a habit that’s become a trademark of some. So, to call out all of the condescending dudes who believe they’re authorities on anything and everything, women on Reddit have recently been sharing the most ridiculous things they’ve had mansplained to them. The mansplaining meme has become a popular way to highlight these absurd moments.
Keep reading to find a conversation with award-winning mental agility coach Anna Levesque, and be sure to upvote the stories that make you want to say, "Well, actually!"
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#1
A male coworker tried to tell me what a certain computer program did. I interrupted with “I’m very familiar with that program, considering that I wrote it.”
WindySwede 2 years ago
"I did actually watch a YT made by the creator of the program....."
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Audrey Rasmussen 2 years ago
i thought it was the other way around like she was explaining and made it and he said he wrote it, which still applies to the post
Huddo's sister 2 years ago
This sums up mansplaining. He didn't know she wrote it, but regardless, he tried to explain it to her, without her asking.
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#2
A guy once said that women can only orgasm after the man has, because he needs to 'transfer his energy' Lost his mind when we told him women masturbate alone.
Vic 2 years ago
I would like to transfer some energy from my leg to his balls..
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Realistic Optimist 2 years ago
This seems like a situation where he couldn't understand why he couldn't make women orgasm, so he made something up that made it not a him problem.
Little king trash mouth 2 years ago
More likely the women faked their own after he finished because they just wanted it to be done.
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VioletHunter 2 years ago
Where do people get such incredibly dumb ideas from. This reads like something a woman-hating 10th century religious "scholar" might have written in a treatise.
Loverboy 2 years ago
lmao I'm getting the funniest images from the phrase "He needs to 'transfer his energy'"
Lane price 2 years ago
I keep envisioning a very sad Captain Planet intro
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Deborah B 2 years ago
This is the arguement of a man who doesn't last long enough for a woman to finish before him.
To gain more insight on this topic, we reached out to Anna Levesque, an award winning mental agility and white water kayak coach who's passionate about helping others build courage and confidence on and off the water. Anna was kind enough to answer a few questions for Bored Panda about mansplaining she's experienced.
"It doesn't happen that often, but it does happen more often that I would like," the coach shared. She's actually written about this exact topic on her blog before, noting that it happens the most often when she posts about a mistake she made on the river.
"In these posts, I'm not asking for advice, but sharing as a way to be vulnerable and relatable to my audience, and let my followers know that even former pro athletes who have been paddling for 30 years mess up," Anna explained.
#3
My brother in law try explaining to me how the pain of being kicked in the balls is way worse than child birth or any other pain a woman could go through. His mom told him to shut the f**k up.
deanna woods 2 years ago
Getting kicked in the balls and squeezing a human being out of your body are not even close to the same thing.
Bouche and Audi and Shyla, Oh My! 2 years ago
Carol Burnett described childbirth by saying, "Take your bottom lip and pull it over your head."
Cyber Returns 2 years ago
They are not the same pain so us guys should stop trying to compare them and just be there for our partners
Nixie4ever AddledNix 2 years ago
I usually give it to men comparing it to passing a large kidney stone. Not the same but probably as close as a man can get.
Undercover 2 years ago
There are really funny videos on YouTube of guys trying out the labor pain simulator 😇😁
LGBTQpanda 2 years ago
OR the pain simulators for menstrual pain. I shared that with my Marine nephew, and he said "OK, point made." lol! He has 2 sons with his wife, who just smiled.
Load More Replies... Nice Beast Ludo 2 years ago
Does it last 32 hours and end with someone carving your stomach open and yanking a human out???
Ge Po 2 years ago
Well, if you look at it like this: Imagine getting kicked in the balls on interval. Starting with a few good kicks that are given several minutes apart, then slowly increasing in kick-force and frequency. Over a stretch of at least half a day or so. (Yes, even if a woman has a super fast delivery, the pain will continue, because the hormones are still in the body even if the baby is out and will keep on causing contractions, although maybe not quite as severe.) Then imagine, on top of that, an extremely severe case of hemorrhoids, that will last for several days, while you are being wakened every two til three hours or so, even throughout the night, and forces to do exercises. (Yes, breastfeeding does take energy.)
Upstaged75 2 years ago
My brother once made a joke about how his wife was a wimp with medical stuff. From the other room she shouts "I gave birth to both of your children naturally you bozo!!". (Which she did - completely unmedicated. And she needed stitches with the first one!) I yelled back asking if she wanted me to kick him in the nuts to remind him how those births felt. :)
Jared Robinson 2 years ago
Explain to him why they invented the chainsaw, all attitude should go right out the window.
#4
I once had a primary physician tell me that he knew how painful childbirth was because he watched his wife give birth. Then he asked me to rate my concussion pain on a scale of 1 to 10 with 10 being childbirth. I looked at him in disbelief and said, “well in that case I rate my concussion at .002” He didn’t like my answer and tried to explain that he’s trying to judge my pain level. I told him I was in labor for 14 hours. Annnd this is why women don’t get the right pain meds.
Loverboy 2 years ago
Should be reported. That's like saying you know how it feels to get stabbed because you watched it happen once, what the f**k
Rayne OfSalt 2 years ago
It's a very strange feeling, sometimes you don't even notice it.
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Happy Homemaker 2 years ago
I went to an orthopedic doctor for severe pain in my back. I brought X-rays with me from a surgery in ‘85 and recently so he could see if it was because it was linked to that. When I got in the office, he looked at my X-rays, completely ignored me and turned to my then husband and said, “Your wife is lonely. This pain in her back is really in her head. She misses you from being out to sea all the time. She really just wants your company.” I turned to him and said, “If this pain is in my head, so is your bill. Good luck getting it paid!” I walked out and my stunned husband followed and then I called the Tri-Care office and reported the doctor and told them not to send anymore patients his way and why.
Realistic Optimist 2 years ago
It's crazy you can't report doctors for completely disregarding their patients' experience based on sex. I bet if doctor's knew they could be suspended for blatant f***ing sexism, which they should be anyway, they would change their tone real quick.
John L 2 years ago
Well a big problem with modern medicine is it is tailored towards men. The studies are usually done for men, to be treated for men, for men's conditions. I don't know if it's the cost [research] of twice the work for men and women in medicine or latent misogny. But minorities have it just as bad, like in the US when it was discovered that COVID affected minorities disproportionately, the demands to "reopen", "mysteriously" sky rocketed.
Phred 2 years ago
And in the US, members of Congress who appropriate sums for medical research are usually older men.
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Space Invader 2 years ago
I know how painful childbirth is because I once read a physician's description of watching his wife give birth. Please rate your pain on a scale of 1 to 10, with 10 being reading that physicians comment
DarkViolet 2 years ago
Where did he get his license to practice medicine, out of a box of Honeycomb cereal?
StarlightPanda! 2 years ago
Her "primary physician." He was not at all an expert in gynecology. That's f***ed up what he said.
David 2 years ago
Another thing to consider besides "watched" is childbirth pain is not a one size fits all answer. I have attended six births and they were definitely not all the same, not even from the same mother. All involved some pain of course but at one end - went quickly and mom was smiling, walking around not too long after and took the baby out the next day. On the other end - lots of extra medical staff coming and going with concerned looks on their faces as they tried to keep her from dying.
"Dudes always seem to jump on the opportunity to point out everything I did wrong and how they think I could do better, when I'm more skilled than they are," Anna added. "It's obvious that I know I messed up and understand what happened, and most importantly, I didn't ask for advice!"
She even had an example to share from just last month "I posted on social media a paddling fail that I caught on my GoPro. I posted it because it was an obvious fail that I thought was funny," she told Bored Panda. "The caption was 'So there I was about to do something cool… [with a few laughing emojis] I don’t recommend recreating this.'"
"The very first person who commented was a male paddler telling me why my technique didn't work, and how I should do it if I want to be successful," Anna continued. "And then there were other comments from men pontificating on what they would do or how they do it."
#5
‘Maybe you don’t know what good sex is’. Well, I know what it isn’t.
Rayne OfSalt 2 years ago (edited)
"I know what it isn't". Damn, and here I thought murder was illegal.
wayne whitson 2 years ago
Sir: "You can't sue your wife for divorce for saying: 'You're a Lousy Lover' " "I'm NOT. I'm sueing for divorce BECAUSE SHE KNOWS THE DIFFERENCE"!!
Almarako94 2 years ago
Communication is they key, if both neither talk nor listen, this is the result.
#6
This guy tried to tell me that ALL women LACTATE when they’re near a baby. I said that’s not f*****g true. He began to “explain” to me how I don’t understand biology. What the f**k lmao
Spocks's Mom 2 years ago
Right? I've only lactated for one baby and I birthed him.
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AtMostTheFabulist 2 years ago
Reminds me of Meet the Parents. "I have nipples Greg, can you milk me?"
Cyber Returns 2 years ago
I'm a guy and this one made me laugh so hard. Should have said to him "Well, your a giant t*t and a baby... why aren't you lactating?"
MammaG 2 years ago
We have entire legislative bodies who do that in the US!
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Jennifer Ness 2 years ago
I think I'd notice if I was lactating... but then again I'm only a dumb woman
TheGoodBoi 2 years ago
Heh, reminds me of my idiot friend who thinks there's nothing but milk in breasts...
Anna said she initially ignored the comments, but then she replied with a comment about how it's important to not take ourselves too seriously. "Then they kept going so I responded with: 'Wow, y’all’s mansplain game is strong! If I want advice, I’ll ask my hubby, who by the way, kicks all of your [butts]. Just sayin,'" she shared.
"Then one of the guys responded with this: 'I’m sorry, I forgot you’re very sensitive to all but the worship comments. It wasn't a criticism. It was actually more for other people watching, maybe someone who wants to try another technique,'" Anna continued.
"My takeaway is that some men not only feel empowered to mansplain to you, but they also feel empowered to tell you that you're being self-centered when you push back," the coach says. "And, some men who aren't as skilled as you feel empowered to critique your skill and ability, and try to use your platform to pontificate on their ideas."
#7
I once had somebody try to explain a software framework to me like I didn't know how to write a single line of code.
It was a framework I wrote.
Phil Vaive 2 years ago
I don't get how this one is mansplaining. If there's more to the story, like she was leading a training session on that software or something, then for sure. But with these two sentences we have no way of knowing what he did so wrong
Disgruntled Pelican 2 years ago
He leapt to the conclusion that she knew *nothing* and that he’d have to teach her. Do you go around assuming other people are ignorant and that you have to teach them really basic things? Considering the fact that she wrote the code, how likely do you think it is that she expressed confusion about how coding works? It wouldn’t matter if she was leading training or just minding her own business. The assumption that she needed him to explain things is “what he did so wrong.” It’s just pure arrogance.
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These posts would have more verisimilitude if they indicated the name of the framework and the name of the person who posted it.
#8
I was going into anaphylaxis and naturally called an ambulance. The EMT took a look in my throat and said, “you don’t look like you’re going into anaphylaxis. Anaphylaxis is when…” and proceeded to explain it to me.
I couldn’t talk, felt like I was breathing through a straw. Blotchy skin. I would have yelled if I could.
When I got to the hospital, the doctor looked down my throat and said, “yep, get the epinephrine.”
Loverboy 2 years ago
Mf should've been fired, you could've died because he thought he knew what the f**k he was talking about
Hugh Crawford 2 years ago
Yep, should probably also keep an epi pen handy
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Jennie Drake 2 years ago
Once had an EMT tell me from across a parking lot that I was having a panic attack not an asthma attack. Went to the hospital and had to get 4 breathing treatments and a shot of steroids. SMH.
Cyber Returns 2 years ago (edited)
EMT's are supposed to make the patient comfortable, administer basic assistance to prevent the risk of life or harm and then take the patient to hospital if necessary. They are not doctors who have a lot more qualifications in diagnosis and care. Press charges against the EMT before he kills someone
David 2 years ago
UGH! I once had a nurse say something sort of similar but for a slightly less serious situation. I got stung by several hornets on the back of my neck. Did not call an ambulance because I did not have insurance and could still breathe. Instead had a friend come babysit me in case it got worse. But I had a number of the symptoms short of closed airway. Low blood pressure, tachycardia, rash down the sides of my body, dizzy/light headed, very weak, etc. Basically got told by that one person that it couldn't be that because I didn't die. Then they did sting allergy testing and my scores in all four categories were quite high. Like if "17" was a serious danger, I had 57, 55 etc. Then they were like - "Here's your epipen, carry it with you or you might die!" LOL. PS - I think they were wrong and it was the quantity of stings / leftover venom in my system when tested. I have been stung six (single) times in the 10 years since and none of those were serious - just annoying.
Danish Susanne 2 years ago (edited)
My husband fell down the stair. My sister called an ambulance because she could see, that she had broken something, and when the ambulance came one of the men said, that he clearly hadn't broken anything. He was not quite right. My husband had broken 8 ribs and his collarbone. I am grateful for them taken him to hospital nevertheless.
Seadog 2 years ago
Sadly, many EMTs have a God complex. Had one tell me the reason my head got cut in a wreck was because I wasn't belted. It was a side collision and piece of the guy grill cut my head. Nevermind that the belt mounting point was relocated in and back 18". Had I been belted the belt would've cut me in half. I didn't even bother trying to educate the idiot.
Cheshirecasss 2 years ago
We had the same thing happen with my daughter. She's had anaphylactic allergies for 14 years ffs.
#9
Had a guy explain Color Theory to me. I'm a Color Specialist (hair) with over 20 years experience. He was a mechanic and red/green color blind.
Happy Homemaker 2 years ago
https://www.interaction-design.org/literature/topics/color-theory I hope this helps!
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Kathleen McGann 2 years ago
As a website designer I had a manager criticize my colour choices. He'd told me earlier he was colour blind. I promptly reminded him of this and he backed off.
Cjo 2 years ago
Did you give any thought to the fact that some of the users of your website could be color blind too and that the colors you selected might not be visible to them?
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zak 2 years ago
So, is the implication here that mechanics and colorblind people couldn't *possibly* understand color theory? It's not astrophysics, or some incredibly specialized subject matter; color theory is taught in like every elementary school🤷🏼♂️
Ellie Ahmed 2 years ago
I think the implication is that a hair colourist is required to have a very high level working knowledge of colour theory, whereas a mechanic does not. Mansplaining isn't necessarily a complaint about a man not knowing anything the topic they're explaining, often they do know some. The complaint is their assumption that they would know way more about it than the woman, especially when the woman's career or qualifications or hobbies or life experience would really suggest otherwise
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I am miffed about that picture. The first two colors look wrongly sorted to me. I don‘t like it
Definitely a Human 2 years ago
Again, did you tell him this? Was he right? So much information missing from these posts.
We were also curious about some of the impacts mansplaining can have. "That depends on how confident and experienced you are, and how experienced the mansplainer is," Anna says. "Typically when I get mansplained, it's by someone who isn't as skilled or accomplished as I am in paddling, and so it's more of a frustration and annoyance. I don't let the person affect my confidence or my ability to perform. I'm also surrounded by a high performing and supportive community, so I have learned to take in feedback only from people who have earned my trust and the right to give me feedback."
#10
A man has no joke tried to explain that sexual trauma can be healed through having sex with the right person… barf.
Anya Foxx 2 years ago
SA victim here, and that is a total load of b.s.! I love and trust my husband and still haven't healed. I am 53 now and it happened even I was 19. You never ever get fully over it!
Realistic Optimist 2 years ago
I hate people :(. He's clearly ignorant of trauma and mental health, and that enables him to treat something that is factually wrong as an opinion. F**k this guy.
StarlightPanda! 2 years ago
My psychiatrist told me that the therapy is the number one thing that will help me through what happened..
Jared Robinson 2 years ago
That is probably one of the most toxically masculine ignorant things I have ever heard in my life.
#11
The hymen. We had a guy living with us for a while, he used to be a friend, but after living with him, I would realize what a mistake that was lol. Anyways, we were watching the movie Taken, and spoiler alert: the main character's daughter gets kidnapped and sold into a sex slavery operation. At the very end, the guy who purchased her because she was 'pure' is taken out by the dad. Dude who lived with me said, out loud, "Ironic, her being a virgin saved her life!" When I tell you I threw him shade! He was genuinely confused. I told him there was no way to prove virginity, and that virginity itself is a construct. "The hymen is real!" I had to explain to a man, in his thirties, that hymens come in all different shapes, sizes, and thickness. I had to explain to him that it doesn't cover the vaginal opening totally because, if it did, how would we lose our menstrual blood. Again, to an adult man, that a hymen can rupture for many many reasons. He argued with me! I am a CIS woman. I have five children. He argued with me about the female reproductive system and the term 'loose women'. I had to look him in the face and tell him that that term described loose morals not a loose vagina. That's not a thing. No wonder he's still single.
Loverboy 2 years ago
The whole concept of virginity is so dumb. It doesn't matter. At all. And men who legit fetishize 'pure' women are digusting
WonderWoman 2 years ago
Virginity is a concept to protect the male ego. What if the woman's previous partner was more endowed, had better moves, she achieved an orgasim with him and what if he can't.
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StarlightPanda! 2 years ago (edited)
My gynecologist said some females aren't even born with a hymen. Rare, but sometimes. It's sad that people are so ignorant like this.
eame 2 years ago
My first boyfriend was convinced I had been with someone else because I didn't bleed, and sometimes my canal was looser than other times. We fought about it all the time. He said it proved that I cheated. I asked him if he thought after having a baby that women just have an 8" wide hole there?!
Kathy Richardson 2 years ago
My sister-in-law had to have her hymen broken by the doctor while she was in active labor giving birth to her first. So apparently she had a virgin birth if by this guys idea of virginity.
Alicia M 2 years ago
Most men who are actually interested in having fun in the bedroom aren't obsessed with virginity. Religion places a ridiculous amount of importance on virginity. The idea of a virgin is something only certain men fantasize about, and it always has something to do with purity, believing non virgins are tainted in some way. It's a disgusting, bigoted mindset, and men like that can stay far away from me.
Ms.GB 2 years ago
Or they just want someone who can't tell they are selfish in the bedroom.
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Alethea Fletcher 2 years ago
Only a man could think his Penis so important that it can change a woman. I mean, really 🤔🙄
David 2 years ago
I remember reading a story - I think it was in India - about doctors testing virginity by whether they could insert one or two fingers into the vagina. As in - if you had had intercourse your vagina was permanently larger. And they were talking about 'modern' F'ing doctors, not somebody from the 1700s.
Anna also says mansplaining can erode confidence and curb growth potential in folks who are learning or feel less confident in their abilities. "If that person is surrounded by mansplainers and doesn't have a supportive community to turn to, it can lead to them giving up on the passion, job, hobby etc.," she explained. "Because it's no longer fun, and they are constantly being treated like they don't know what they're doing or what they're talking about."
#12
I designed a backup camera system. The manufacturer did not properly test the system upon sending us our first production units. I got a call from the first customers (mechanics). They spent the whole 5 minutes I was there under the vehicles telling me how they’ve done this for years and there’s no way a little girl who isn’t a mechanic could figure it out. The manufacturer mixed up the positive and negative cables. I switched them as they were explaining to me how the system I designed worked. Fixed before they could finish.
Alan Jay Weiner 2 years ago
I'm a man, and I honestly don't understand some men's fixation on women not understanding technology (including mechanical, electrical, carpentry, engineering - anything). I've been coding for over 50 years. I've met women who can code me under the table. Who can rip a house to the studs and rebuild it. Who can rebuild car engines, transmissions and everything else. Who are firefighters, law enforcement, construction workers, welders, and everything else! The best doctors I've ever had have been female. I find they care more and take more time with patients (*me*!) than most male doctors. And, no, it's not because they "have to" - it's because they *want* to. Excepting insemination, there's nothing a male can do that a female can't. (Including jobs requiring brute strength! I know some tiny women who are way stronger than me - and stronger (brute strength and endurance) than most men.)
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David 2 years ago
I would like to believe this is a dying breed. There was a time when most women did not understand (insert man job). Not because they were stupid, but because society did not allow them to train / practice said job. But now it has been many decades of women being trained / experienced in "man jobs" so that reason is gone. I really don't get how some men cling to such beliefs in a time when we have women senators, flying fighter jets, doctors, lawyers, mechanics and pretty much every high skill / high training job that exists. Why are we not past the archaic view that a woman's brain 'can't do that'?
Stephanie Did It 2 years ago
I think you just mansplained it backwards, hon.
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#13
Someone who was never in the military was trying to explain marine boot camp to me. ….I’ve been in 7 years
I heart Boo-BI-es 2 years ago
I am a Marine Corps Veteran and I ended up getting in a little argument with a guy who was wearing an Army blouse top and jeans. This guy was talking with another dude about how they've come across guys that are lying about serving in the military, stolen Valor. I have Marine Corps related pins on my backpack and I heard one of them say something about me, along the lines of stolen Valor. Of course I stop because how effing dare you. Just because I'm a woman I must be lying or my non-existent husband served. Best believe I went off on their as*es, the dude wearing the army top definitely got it via a thrift shop or someone he knows, but he did not serve. I don't know much about the Army and how they run things but the few things I did ask him, he just lied and made shìt up that sounds good to a civilian but he wasn't fooling me. Ironic how he was trying to call me out, mother effer I earned my title. Kinda like when someone cheats in a relationship they try deflect things. SMDH.
You don't need it 2 years ago
When I used to take my ex to the VA, they always assumed we were there for me not her. Even the doctors sometimes. She didn't have a gender neutral name.
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I served 9 years and still can't tell you about marine boot camp except for what I know from stories and news articles. I was in the navy and our boot camp was a total joke in terms of the physical stuff the marine boot camp is famous for. In San Diego they are (were?) right next to each other and one of the joke/threats they used to make was how if we screwed up too bad they'd toss us over the fence to the marine side so we could see how good we had it on the navy side.
Patrick Farnan 2 years ago
You must be horrible if you are in boot camp for 7 straight years...
#14
My ex husband tried to explain to me that pain in childbirth was something modern medicine invented to get women to take drugs and get them and thier children addicted. According to him childbirth isn't actually painful but medical professional convince women it is. Women use to be able to give birth then carry on with thier day without having to rest for days or weeks afterward.
Courtney Christelle 2 years ago
No, women *had* to get on with their day without rest, especially if they were poor.
Almarako94 2 years ago
Well, a lot times they carryed on to die on childbirth, which was so regular that you actually could say they kind of "carry on with their day".
Happy Homemaker 2 years ago
Feel free to ask him how the Chainsaw was invented. I’ll wait… https://www.pharmacytimes.com/view/fun-fact-unfortunately-chainsaws-were-invented-for-childbirth#
𝖊𝖜𝖔𝛋 2 years ago
This guy needs to google Churching in Tudor times. Women were given an actual break to rest and were kept away from other people to allow them to recover after childbirth. They would be cared for by other women or female relatives during that period before being allowed to go back out into society and resume their usual work and duties.
Miss Frankfurter 2 years ago
Not painful? Here’s an idea. I’ll grab your junk and hold onto it through my entire labour. Every time I have a contraction, I’ll squeeze them for as long as it lasts and the stronger the contraction , the harder I’ll squeeze. Oh he’ll be passed out pretty soon, off to the ER and begging for some pretty heavy duty pain meds.
As far as what to do with mansplainers, Anna says she likes the bold approach of calling the person out, and doing so with humor if possible. "This summer, a good friend of mine started to mansplain a really simple kayak design concept to me. So I responded sarcastically with, 'Really?! Thanks for that very basic information. I've been paddling for 30 years, but had no idea!' He responded with, 'Too much?' and we had a good laugh about it. He got it, and we could move on," she shared.
"I'm also not afraid to flex when I need to and let folks know that they've overstepped and that I'm not asking for advice," Anna added. "I encourage women to stop being nice. It's okay to straight talk to someone who is mansplaining to you."
However, the expert acknowledges that can be challenging if there is a power differential or the mansplainer becomes adversarial.
#15
My dad tying to explain to me that my fear of men is sexist and I shouldn't have been worried. I was 16 and had been followed on the street, cat called, chased, had creeps on my Instagram and there where weird teachers at school. Also tried to tell me that my period pain couldn't have been as bad as it was because he knows about them... I've been having them for 6 years and have a condition.
DarkViolet 2 years ago
There are times where fathers share precious pearls of wisdom. Then there are the times that they should just upshut, read the paper, or go weed the garden.
Giraffy Window 2 years ago
Have always had severe menstrual cramps. One morning I was stuck in the bathroom doubled over and in so much pain I started involuntarily hyperventiating which caused me to throw up all over the floor. Mum came in, helped me get cleaned up and sent me to the tub saying she'd call and let the school know I wasn't coming. A few minutes later my dad knocked on the door and said "Are you making it up so you could stay home today?" Sure. Thanks Dad.
Lara Verne 2 years ago
My father once told me that there's no such thing as period cramps and I don't need painkillers, because "it's all in my head" and I would get addicted to them.
Cathe B Comedian/Musician 2 years ago
Luckily, raised by a Dad who says "all men are a-holes". He was feminist before his time
Upstaged75 2 years ago
I'm so glad my dad is not an idiot. Well, he did vote for Trump the first time, but he sincerely regrets that. :)
JuniorCJ82 2 years ago
I hope you got him a period pain simulator for Christmas, then proceeded to put it on while turning it all the way up.
#16
I was once mansplained what mansplaining is.
Michael Largey 2 years ago
Sometimes you have to listen to someone's explanation to be really sure that they don't know what they're talking about.
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Belgian Panda 2 years ago
I once read about a woman who told her husband the term mansplaining (a term he hadn't heard before) and explaining it to him. He then tried to tell her that that wasn't what mansplaining was.
Lady Miss Pie 2 years ago (edited)
That happened to me. One guy said “So any man saying anything is ‘mansplaining’?” I said, “No. if you answer a question I legitimately ask you, that is not mansplaining. Offering me “advice” or “explanations” of things unsolicited is mansplaining, and guys do it all the time.”
#17
How to start a car. It was my car. I drove there.
Rae Rory 2 years ago
My father, bless his heart, bought a new truck with a keyless push button ignition. He bought it from the dealership I used to work at as a mechanic. I borrowed said truck and he felt the need to explain how to start his truck. I, in turn, explained how to insert the key and start my car. He was not amused.
David 2 years ago
This is not totally absurd except for the "I was a mechanic" part (which of course implies more knowledge). A few years ago I (a man) was the driver for my neighbors as they went on a 100 mile bike ride. I drove their car to bring them back home. It was push button start and it happened to be the first time I'd ever driven a vehicle without a keyed ignition. Obviously it was not difficult but a very brief explanation did help. It did not say "START" in big letters on the start button. :)
Sven Horlemann 2 years ago
Yeah, well, my wife (happily married 32 years) can't help giving me driving instructions, however basic a situation is. It is what it is, I guess. Does not matter I annually drive 10x the distance then she does, ha ha.
Glitterati 2 years ago (edited)
My colleague got a lift from me and told me where to go, to turn, and where to stop. Nearly yeeted her out the window.
Christian Nancy Curry 2 years ago
My wife has one of the few Ferrari's made with a key and a start button (2014 when they were transitioning). A valet got into the car. It was raining and she was standing under an awning close to the building to be sure he got it started (it has been an issue before). He rolled down the window and asked her how to start it. She leaned forward and a strange man leapt in from of her and explained it incorrectly.
Cyber Returns 2 years ago
Bev has explained how to start the car to me many times and I still don't get it. It's something to do with turning the key and pressing a peddle and two buttons to start the ignition. I remember when all you had to do is press the clutch and turn the key!
"I think the most important thing for all of us to remember is to only take in feedback from folks who have earned your trust and earned the right to give you that feedback," Anna says. "Seek out those people, so you have folks in your life who support you and who will also advocate for you when a mansplainer comes around. None of us have to take in feedback that we didn't ask for."
If you'd like to hear more wise words from Anna, be sure to visit her website Mind Body Paddle!
#18
I was house shopping and the agent asked me if my current house has a garage. I said no and he proceeded to explain to me that if I had a garage I could park my car inside in the winter so it wouldn't get ice and snow on it. Thanks. I know how garages work.
PFD 2 years ago
Wait you're supposed to keep a *car* in there? How does it fit with all the other random c**p?
Spocks's Mom 2 years ago
It's funny. Most of the people I know with garages don't put their cars in them because they are so full of random stuff.
Load More Replies... Rayne OfSalt 2 years ago
Wait, you don't store the mutilated corpses of your enemies in there? Well bugger, I've been using mine all wrong.
the_avenging_knight (her/she) 2 years ago
No, you have to dig a pit under the garage to hide the bodies in. Trust me.
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MrsFettesVette 2 years ago
How will I fit my car in the garage if all my purses and shoes and tampons are in there?
Michael Largey 2 years ago
Look the agent with a straight face and say "A garage! What a good idea. I'm going to have to go to one of those garage sales and buy one."
#19
A friend I knew in college tried to mansplain lesbian sex to me… (I date women). I immediately shut him down by asking if he REALLY thought I didn’t know how women had sex with one another. Sometimes all you have to do to make them realize how ridiculous they’re being is to read back their b******t to them. Needless to say, he was embarrassed.
Boootifull Unicorn 2 years ago
what's funny about so many of these is that they don't eve notice when they're doing it anymore
Craig S. (EvilSausage) 2 years ago (edited)
When I was 16, a girl I knew had to have lesbianism explained to her. She couldn't understand how it was possible for a woman to be queer, because "girls are already supposed to like guys." Facepalm.
Squiffle Noses 2 years ago (edited)
Something to do with cutting out paper shapes whilst back to back, and repeatedly doing a bro punch yes? And taking historical photos where you pretend to be no more than 'best friends'?
Helen Bennett 2 years ago
That is a really sweet, warm, loving image. Just, you know, two (very nicely-photographed) people looking at each other with the appearance of a huge amount of affection.
Vitiosus The Black Sheep 2 years ago
That's... That's really horrible thing to say. Why is it ok to say men are worthless, imagine the rage that would arise if some jerk would say women are worthless? Calling people worthless just by their gender is not cool :(
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I heard a guy trying to explain what PayPal is…. To a woman who worked at PayPal.
two-sided llama 2 years ago
um actually its paypaulia and you use it for giving payback to paulias
Glen Ellyn 2 years ago
There's a saying, "know your audience." Obviously the people in a lot of these posts are ignorant of that pearl of wisdom.
pep Ito 2 years ago
The question is, did he know she worked for PayPal? . If not I don’t think is mansplaining
Disgruntled Pelican 2 years ago (edited)
Except that mansplaining is making the assumption that a woman needs a man to explain things to them. It’s the *unsolicited* explanation that is the main problem. So, yes, even if he didn’t know about her job, it’s still mansplaining.
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A male friend once tried to mansplain feminism to me.
Let's say he didn't try that again, because my laughter was very hurtful to his ego.
#22
Before a concert, chatting with people next to me, a man asks what my favorite song by the band is. I tell him “All Come True,” to which he says “They don’t have a song called All Come True.” I tell him the name of the album it’s on. He gives me the skeptical look. “Are you thinking of a different band?” No. “Do you go to concerts much?” Yes, twice a week, and All Come True is the eighth song in the set on this tour. Right before I pushed to the front, at the opening chord of the eighth song, I tapped him and yelled “THIS IS ALL COME TRUE.” When I got back to my spot they weren’t there anymore.
Fenchurch 2 years ago (edited)
A guy on a first date asked what my favorite band is. He proceeded to lecture me about how that band sucks and I should listen to Radiohead instead. Proceeded to go on about Radiohead a long time. He didn’t bother to ask if I like Radiohead. I own every album. We didn’t go out again
MrsFettesVette 2 years ago
I hate this type of gatekeeping, it was super common in the punk scene when I was growing up. Now I see my niece wearing band T-shirts and my SIL tells me she doesn't know the band, she just likes the shirt. I love that, it's like a gigantic "f**k you" to any and all gatekeeping.
Duuuuuuude 2 years ago
I don't think this is mansplaining. I think he would've had the same conversation if it had been a guy.
#23
Last weekend I cracked a joke to my boyfriend. He laughed and then proceeded to explain my own joke back to me as to why it was funny.... It was my joke.
Alicia M 2 years ago (edited)
My ex-BIL is one of the most sexist men I have ever known and he once told a joke he claimed "went over my head" and I said "I totally got it. It's just not funny." He'd also refer to all women as "bitc*es" Not by their names, just "this B or that B." I asked him why he referred to women that way and he said it's because all women are bitches. I asked him if his mom was one? He stopped talking that way around me after that. By the way, this man is a married "family man" with a plum 6 figurine job working for The Mormon Church in Salt Lake City. Religion and bigotry, go figure. 🤷
Madalynn Bryant 2 years ago
honestly, barbra, people like you are the reason people like me don't talk to people. and im not even a man.
Zoey Rayne 2 years ago
I don't know if the neurotypicals will agree with me, but it sounds like he was trying to show that he got the joke and wanted to tell you why he liked it.
Michael Largey 2 years ago
Does a book author get offended when someone explains why they enjoyed it?
Cathe B Comedian/Musician 2 years ago
As a full time comedian.... opened and middle for huge acts.. still get great laughs 45 years in....have often the conversations with open mic men on how to "get famous". Thanks my career pays for my house n car, but enjoy that drink ticket, sparky.
Phil Vaive 2 years ago
I am too, and to me this just sounds like someone expressing what they enjoyed about the joke.
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Leviathan 2 years ago
also, I get this done to me all the time... I just look at them and say "you killed the joke.... why did you do it?"
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Scuba diving. By a guy who saw a YouTube video. I clocked like 400 dives so far.
Charlotte A. 2 years ago
But we all know how all you need is some youtube videos to become experts at something. Just look at how flat earthers prove the earth is flat by the research they do when looking at videos by other flat earthers.
WindySwede 2 years ago
those are really funny, though I have only seen the "debunking" ones. 😅
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#25
A bartender explaining to me why alcohol is more expensive in hotels and restaurants as opposed to grocery stores. “Because it’s a business” is verbatim what he said to me.
I’m the Corporate Food & Beverage Manager. For the entire company.
Cjay 2 years ago
Well I mean it doesn’t seem like that’s specifically because your a woman he’s just used to people complaining about markups
BrownTabby 2 years ago
She’s the Corporate Food & Beverage Manager. For the entire company.
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Michael Largey 2 years ago
The question to me is who brought the question up. If she did, why is she asking about something she already has full knowledge of? If the bartender did, how would he know what she did for a living? According to an old Chinese saying, "Co-incidences permit themselves the luxury of occurring."
pep Ito 2 years ago
And of course this woman wears a sign on her clothes that says "I am the corporate food & beverage manager" and of course all the employees must know her perfectly well although the corporate photo, let's say, does not correspond 100% with the face-to-face appearance.
Disgruntled Pelican 2 years ago
Why did he assume she needed an explanation? And why do you assume they had never met, before, or that she didn’t say who she was? Regardless, he automatically assumed she knew nothing and that he needed to educate her. How are you not getting that *that* is the main problem?
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Momica98 2 years ago
He basically said that bars and restaurants are businesses, unlike grocery stores.
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I sent an ex to the store to buy me tampons and I sent him a photo of the exact ones I needed.
he did not buy the right ones but it was “ok” according to him because “*all tampons are the same and do the exact same thing*”
for context I wanted U by Kotex Click REGULAR and he got me the OB Applicator Free SUPER PLUS.
WindySwede 2 years ago
"ALL sports team are the same, and do exact the same thing" *leans back and eats popcorn* 😋
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David 2 years ago
The next time he sends you on a beer run buy him Coors Light and tell him all beer is the same. /S (Better would be Zima but I believe they stopped making that years ago)
TheGoodBoi 2 years ago
Oof I made this mistake 🙄. Of course I went back to the store to get her the correct stuff but I had no clue lol. THEN SHE SHOWED ME WHAT THEY LOOK LIKE EXPANDED 🤯
Fenchurch 2 years ago
My friend showed guy in med school the expanded size because he couldn’t figure out how the tiny thing does anything. Apparently he was impressed
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Pelt him with the wrong ones. Then pelt him with the right ones. Then ask him if he could tell the difference. When he says no (and he will) tell him "That's why you don't choose and I do!" Then kick him in the nuts and hand him a small plaster saying "According to your logic, that should work"
Helena 2 years ago
Applicator vs no applicator is a giant difference. Correct absorbancy is also a very big deal. All kinds of negative consequences. Brand is a big deal because they generally work differently. i think it is playtex that uncurls on a vertical axis into an S shape, I'm not sure how that is supposed to work because it seems to me it is just forming tubes for the blood to get out of you quicker to make a mess. Some expand on the string end but not the other forming more of a stopper. Just trust that there are a whole lot of differences and depending on body shape, how heavy the flow is, and a million other factors, the type of tampon matters. A lot.
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Javelina Poppers 2 years ago (edited)
As a man I know ZERO about how tampons work for women. What I do know as a man is that they are fantastic for cleaning and oiling the barrels of my shotguns and my wife will kill me if I don't stop stealing hers.
Laura Mende (Human) 2 years ago
You have a wife and NO idea how tampons work?! That's very sad man, show some interest!
Load More Replies... JessieJ&LilyLovebug 2 years ago (edited)
I can't use tampons because of a couple of chronic illnesses I have...but I would've been FURIOUS! Along the lines of taking them, and the receipt, making a pad out of toilet paper, and marched out the door, telling him I was going to go get what I needed, and he better not be there when I got back. Anyway, we know why he's an ex.
Apatheist Account2 2 years ago
Jimmy Carr: I'm a modern man, I have no problem buying tampons, but some people think it's not a "proper present". Sorry Mum!
Catharina Geerts 2 years ago
There could be so many reasons why a certain brand and type of a product is wanted. I'm sure he wouldn't be happy if he asked you to buy a certain screwdriver and you came back with a totally different one because "a screwdriver is a screwdriver" LOL
#27
Gay colleague who (maybe except for his mother) has never seen a woman naked tried to explain the female anatomy „down below“. Let’s just say it was very amusing to let him go on and begin to stutter once we began asking questions.
Feathered Dinosaur 2 years ago
How do these men get it in their heads they know more about a subject (they clearly know little about), or even that they're expert at it
Sky Render 2 years ago
It's probably because social expectations in many cultures state that men are inherently better informed than women, so they learn to always act like they know things even when they're completely ignorant. That said, I've had needless explanations offered to me from women too. It's just less likely in my experience as they are more likely to ask if you want them to explain/help out instead of offering unsolicited "advice".
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Squiffle Noses 2 years ago
To be fair - women were incredibly repressed from knowing about their OWN lady gardens for at least the last 300 years in my country. Except for the ones marked for Satan.
Zoey Rayne 2 years ago
Not sure what country this happened in, but if it was the US, I blame our lack of useful sex ed classes.
Jeannie 2 years ago
You can't really fault the man who has never been shown where stuff is located. We are born knowing nothing. Everything is taught. Teach them.
Disgruntled Pelican 2 years ago
And, yet, he still felt the need to explain their own bodies to them. Pretty sure you can fault him for that.
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#28
Mansplained woman shouldn’t have body hair and he can. He simply said “cause I’m a man” lmfao cringe till this day.
two-sided llama 2 years ago
well how about we take him to a little waxing clinic that likes to go bare bone
FaceTime Audio 2 years ago
My dad’s been all “you need to shave your legs and wax your pits because the hair is visible and it’s gross”, while he wears shorts with his leg hair out and t-shirts that show pit hair if he raises his arms and when he swims he goes topless. I’ve got less hair than he does, and my hair’s certainly shorter. How’s it fine for him but not me? I’ve also heard the “pit hair is smelly” argument from men who definitely have pit hair (I use deodorant like everyone else. You could stand to use more). When we were 11, my cousin attempted to explain how shaving is easy and doesn’t require cream so I should shave my legs, because he once took his dad’s razor and shaved a line in his arm hair without it hurting (for the record, I do shave my legs when wearing shorts because I hate the criticism, but shaved legs on fabric causes sensory issues that take a while to adjust to).
Michael Largey 2 years ago
“Cause I’m a man” is some men's explanation for 95% of the things they do - and 100% of the things they don't.
Jenny Hornig 2 years ago
My dad said I needed to lose weight. When I pointe out his Belly (was 9 at the time) he said it's not the same because he's a grown man and Iam a little Girl.
MadRatter 2 years ago
What's Europe got to do with it? I'm from Europe and there are a lot of women who shave as well?
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#29
An ex confidently informing me that I masturbate "wrong" while also explaining that there's obviously something wrong with my vagina because OtHeR GiRLs cUm FrOm PeNeTrAtiOn and I did not.
Tabitha 2 years ago
Men cannot seem to tell when women are faking it. Even the ones who are very attentive in bed. Either we’re giving Oscar winning performances, or they don’t really know what a woman’s orgasm look and feels like.
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You don't need it 2 years ago
It's not that hard to make a woman orgasm. You just have to listen. Especially if there telling you to leave.
Nice Beast Ludo 2 years ago
Sorry to confidently tell you that every other girl was faking it.
Zoey Rayne 2 years ago
Only if it is done unsafely. For example, ER docs see a lot of dudes with objects lodged in their rectums or worse live animals. There was an unfortunate trend in China not that long ago of using eels (supposedly to "relieve constipation") Google details at your own risk. * passed out unsee juice and thanks Robert Evans for one of his most bizarre podcast episodes *
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Keira Pendragon 2 years ago (edited)
It's pretty common for it to be very difficult to orgasm from penetration. Even with an attentive lover. Truly attentive lovers know this and learn to be adept at other methods for pleasing their partner~ Pro-Tip folks, communication is key~
#30
Women’s rights in the United States were one mansplained to me—by a dude who wasn’t American and who never lived in America. I read him the riot act for his arrogance.
WindySwede 2 years ago
What does the riot act include? Not familiar with it.
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Phil Vaive 2 years ago
Again, not enough context here at all. What if he was a senior researcher on the human rights commission in like, France or something?
Power puff scientist 2 years ago
dont know you also seem like a waste of oxygen going by all your remarks
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BIL tried explaining to me that I didn’t know what it was like to be poor.
The man has never been really poor. Even when he was unemployed, his father was sending him money so he didn’t have to change his lifestyle.
I hit him back with, “Yeah, I know what it’s like to be poor. I was living out of my car in 2013.”
He then proceeded to explain why I have poor financial literacy. 🙄
pep Ito 2 years ago
Who. Her for not telling him first that she was living in her car?
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Cyril Sneer 2 years ago
Is there a word for this? How about classplaining. Surely someone has coined a term already
Audrey Rasmussen 2 years ago
shoulda asked how he dealt with living outta his car, and like ask very specific questions if he answered normally and if he said i havent, boom you win, and if he says hed get a job or smth stupid, ask him what he did specifically step. by. step. each individual moment.
Zoey Rayne 2 years ago
Did you run him over with your house/car? Seems like the right response.
Squiffle Noses 2 years ago
You heated the car you were living how!!!? No! just do pressups to get the blood flowing Bro! Here I'll show you the correct form!
#32
I worked for the fire department as a firefighter and in administration. I was in charge of a lot of stuff including payment of voluntary firefighters. One of the volunteers complained about the payment method at length and then proceeded to explain to me how it's done. He was wrong. Very very wrong. When I told him and also told him I know because that's my job he didn't believe me and told me "let's agree to disagree". I laughed and told him no. The other guys were laughing at him too. That was three years ago and the man still avoids me and doesn't like me.
Tabitha 2 years ago (edited)
In front of the other guys, who also knew he was dead wrong.
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Nolgoth 2 years ago
By law they cannot be paid hourly or with a salary but there are other methods like a stipend, bonuses, expense accounts (like per diem for gas and food or something along those lines), etc
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David 2 years ago
You had me at "payment of voluntary firefighters". But I suppose it was for reimbursements or something? :) My stepdad was a volunteer fire fighter and I think at one point the chief. He didn't get paid at all - cuz volunteer.
der sebbl 2 years ago
We don't know which country op is from. In Germany for example voluntary firefighters get paid when they get called to action
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#33
I was mansplained at the grocery store, and when I told my husband about the encounter, he mansplained to me how the first guy had been wrong. Mainsplainingception!
Amy Dunaway 2 years ago
I thought this was a meme I missed. Then I checked barbra out. I think she hates men.
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I could explain to you why the use of "inception" is wrong because the movie title yaddayaddayadda... Then you'd have been MansplainCubed!
Stardust she/her 2 years ago
Oh shut up Barbra. As if we didn’t get it the last 50 times
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#34
My ex tried to explain the difficulty of playing the trombone to me. He had no musical experience whatsoever. I had played 3 instruments, one of which being the trombone.
Maja 2 years ago
Oh yes, recognise this one. Ex that liked to explain (and critizise) music, composition, tonality etc to me and my family (who are all classically trained in some instrument/singing) while he had 0 musical practical experience, but lots of "internet research hours" under his belt so he was the expert...
Definitely a Human 2 years ago (edited)
I mean, he's not wrong. Brass is a difficulty family to learn. And trombone can be particularly tricky.
Disgruntled Pelican 2 years ago
He was explaining it to someone who actually played the instrument (and he knew it). That’s what’s wrong.
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#35
A coworker of mine had to have a quadruple bypass. His good friend (Peter) was telling me and two older male colleagues about what happened. Peter didn't look at me until he looked me in the eyes and said "quadruple means four" turned back to my male colleagues and continued talking. I have a BS in math and computer science and worked in CS research at the time.
Alicia M 2 years ago
My dad had a quintuple bypass. Can anyone crack the code and tell me how many bypass grafts my dad had?
Miss Frankfurter 2 years ago
I was a nurse who worked with patients who had open heart surgery. I can tell you that a quintuple bypass (we call them jumps because the new vessel causes the blood to “jump” over the blockage) means your dad was a very fortunate man to have had the surgery in time. A major heart attack can happen in one or multiple vessels. I hope he’s doing well. 👍
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Stephanie Barr 2 years ago
I once had someone I was disagreeing with at work turn to my supervisor (male) who was there with me and say, "I can't explain it to her. It's complicated math." I said, I an A quantum physics. Why not try me? My supervisor grinned.
Sheila Carty 2 years ago
While this was a stupid encounter, is she implying that she knows the word quadruple because she has a degree in math? Because I'm a theatre school dropout and know that word as well.
#36
My ex tried to tell me that if I *really* wanted to get rid of the pooch belly fat that is common for women to have, I could. He then proceeded to give me fitness and nutrition advice. It was laughable to hear his thoughts since it's not possible to target specific fat loss, especially fat that is specifically there to protect female organs.
StarlightPanda! 2 years ago
I'm not going to say anything about this one. I've never heard of "pooch belly fat to protect female organs." I don't know about this one.
AJ 2 years ago
It's true! The little bit of lower belly fat is specifically there to protect the uterus, among other things.
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featherytoad 2 years ago
Lol, I had a guy who delivered my groceries explain to me for 15 minutes how I can cure my MS. All I have to do is take my shoes off and sit/stand in the grass for a half hour or so everyday. It has something to do with the natural magnetic field/pulses of the earth. He told me this is how his cousin cured his MS. I thinking his cousin didn't have MS to begin with. I should also watch a YT video of some guy explaining all this. I told him I would keep it in mind.
David 2 years ago
This isn't just a man/women thing. I've heard / read advice for how to get rid of it on men as well. And like OP said - various studies show that "targeted" fat loss is very ineffective. As a fat male with a big belly I wish it was true. My belly is a bit smaller but only because I've lost 60 pounds all over - not just belly fat.
Tabitha 2 years ago
Women need to stop having babies with idiot men, so we can let that egotistical and stupid gene die out.
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FaceTime Audio 2 years ago
I am very skinny, and unless I suck my stomach in there’s always a little pooch. It’s how bodies work.
Anxious&Bored Bear 2 years ago
Even when I was only 105 pounds (a long time ago), I still had a pooch.
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well after all those comments I'm off to the pub to protect my female organs one beer at a time.
Almarako94 2 years ago
Did he say that's it's possible to target specific areas or did she just assumed he meant that?
Duckthis23 2 years ago
He shouldn’t be offering unwarranted “help” in general.
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Then there is the other fat that some of us acquire to keep men from bothering us.
#37
One time I commented that a particular movie was terrible because the female lead was really dumb and made bad decisions. Some dude replied, 'It's not bad writing; you just don't understand female psychology.' And then proceeded to explain why the behavior was normal or common or whatever. The movie was My Father the Hero, for the curious. The lead was a teenage girl who lied and said her father was her lover because she was interested in another older man, and she thought it would make her seem sophisticated. Yeah, it was that terrible.
Tabitha 2 years ago (edited)
Absolutely NOT a part of women’s psychology at all, unless they’ve been abused and molested by their fathers and/or other male relatives. Both of my parents were very attractive people. I can see that now, as an adult who’s able to step back and look at things. But when I was a teenager? My parents were the stupidest, least attractive, and most awful people in the world. I would never ever EVER even think of making up a lie like that, one that is vaguely incestuous, just to impress someone. Yuck! Even though he was a good-looking man, he still belched and farted. He still had some gross habits that I don’t know why my incredibly particular mother put up with. Hell, any male relative was considered yucky. My male cousins were all gross. Hell, I am still amazed my four older brothers—-my four gross, horse playing, prankster, stinky brothers EVER managed to find women who would marry them. I grew up with them. I saw the skidmarks on their tightie-whities hanging on the clothesline. I smelled the farts. I saw and smelled the gross and disgusting state of their rooms. Yet four women, four saints, deigned to marry them. All my gross male cousins also got married. Mind boggling.
eame 2 years ago
To be fair, until very recently female characters have been written *by men* to be one-dimensional. I'm re-watching a show from the late 90s and can't believe how misogynistic it is! The men are all complex characters and each character is a kind of "stereotype" of a different type of guy. The women are all exactly the same. And all they want is babies!!
The Darkest Timeline 2 years ago
It’s pretty incredible how many people think women act the way they are written in media. The same can be said for men, too, but the opinions many men hold about women that are gleaned from media seem more pervasive and toxic.
DJR 2 years ago
The leads were Catherine Heigl and Gerard Depardiuexuetle (sorry I can't spell in French)
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Enlee Jones 2 years ago
Even more creepy now that actor who played the father, Gerard Depardieu, has been accused of r@pe.
Power puff scientist 2 years ago
did you really reply to all 80, thats like a job
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Told him I’ve been learning Japanese for three years and said ‘Have you heard of Katakana yet?’ ‘Yes’ Proceeds to explain to me what Katakana is which I learned on day one three years ago…
Phoenix(or nix)they/them 2 years ago (edited)
I am on year 3/4 of Japanese as well, and this guy is a fugging idiot.(not three fourths, I mean 3-4 years)
Charles McChristy 2 years ago
Sounds like the kind of guy that plays with a sword wearing only underwear whilst posing in front of the mirror.
Mark (it/urgh) 2 years ago (edited)
I watched an amazing YouTube video and learned how to read and write (but not speak) Korean in under 20 minutes. Doesn't make me an expert.
BrownTabby 2 years ago
Oh Jesus, let some Kevin try this with me (I recently completed a course in Advanced Legal Translation with Japanese as my other language.)
Jane Hower 2 years ago
It's fun for me to see new words and look them up. Interesting about this one.
#39
I went to my eye doctor for eye stuff and he mansplained my ear problem (Meniere’s disease) as a “garbage diagnosis” that probably wasn’t the cause of my balance issues (it is, because my right vestibular nerve doesn’t function). Again, was at the doctor for EYE STUFF. But me and my ear doctor had a good laugh about it later.
Upstaged75 2 years ago
All you're doing when you announce it is making sure everyone immediately goes to look at the comment. Please just downvote and report.
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Jay Scales 2 years ago
A DENTIST told a friend of mine that the lump on her neck was 'nothing to worry about'. It was cancer.
Hollie Smith 2 years ago
I have Meniere's Disease and I constantly get told that people understand what Im going through because rides make them feel dizzy. Imagine never hearing silence. Or when people think Im drunk because I get dizzy spells and cant walk or stand.
ILoveMySon 2 years ago
I was with my ophthalmologist friend at a concert when his patient walked by with a tray of beers and greeted us. My friend told him to forego his ENT appointment as he deduced the cause of his vertigo problem. 🤣
Anabaena B 2 years ago
It's clear you're a guy trying to start ****. Just leave.
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My coworker at my last job mansplained VCRs, cord phones, and VHS tapes to me (I'm old enough to know and have used all of those things.) Then when I brought up Legend of Zelda, he said he didn't play newer games. Had to explain to him that the first game came out in the 80s then had him mansplain the video game industry to me.
Megan Curl 2 years ago
At what point did I stop reading the posts, and was just looking at Barbra’s unhinged comments? I don’t recall, but it happened.
KathyT 2 years ago
I just stopped opening her/his comments as they're not productive and a waste of time.
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Sylvia Baker 2 years ago
I don't know how she became a man if she hates men. She made a comment on another thread about her mom and how she would feel if she knew she was no longer a she.
Miss Frankfurter 2 years ago
Thank you for sharing Barbra. We’re well aware that you hate men. Cut with the trollsplaining.
Hakitosama 2 years ago
Mansplaining to a gamer girl? I would take out the shotgun... THE DOOM SHOTGUN 💢💢💢💢
#41
My period. A man was confusing menstruation with ovulation, basically trying to convince me they're the same thing.
Alethea Fletcher 2 years ago
So many men seem to think that a period is the entire month long cycle. And get offended when you tell them no, its the part of the cycle when you bleed. I've had a hysterectomy (but still have ovaries) so I have a cycle, but no period. Apparently its impossible due to no uterus to even have a cycle 😕 🙄 .
Momica98 2 years ago
The menstrual cycle on average lasts for 28 days. You know, the way we track it on a calendar.
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eame 2 years ago
Well, as a woman I am a little confused about why other mammals bleed when they are fertile, and yet for women we bleed when we're not. I've never looked it up because I've never cared enough to find out, but I can see where some confusion comes from.
Mabelbabel 2 years ago
Humans, couple of other primates, some bats and a type of shrew are the only animals to menstruate-its not known for definite exactly why we bleed, but its thought to be due to the way the placenta implants. If you conceive, the fertilised egg embeds into the lining of the uterus and develops into fetus and placenta. We grow a very thick lining in the uterus to allow for this, because our placenta needs to invade quite deeply, and most other creatures, their placentas are far more superficial. So each month you don't conceive, you have to get rid of the unused lining, otherwise it would cause problems. Other animals don't have so much tissue to shed. You'd think that for something 50% of the population deal with for 30+ years, we'd have done the research by now, but its still not totally understood.
Load More Replies... Stannous Flouride 2 years ago
That implies that he took it or if he did it was taught by someone besides a bored gym teacher.
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Female anatomy. I’m a woman and a nurse.
Happy Homemaker 2 years ago
I had a male friend try telling me that women don’t make testosterone. I gave him links and everything and he still didn’t believe me. He told me that he used to be a nurse so he knows more than me. So I said I guess that makes you smarter than my endocrinologist then? They deal with hormones in the body.
Miss Mali 2 years ago
Did he fall over and die when u told him men make estrogen in their testes and brain???
Load More Replies... Power puff scientist 2 years ago
thought you said you didnt like sex with men
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#43
I had a guy mansplain how to use & clear a spray paint cap as I was literally 6 hrs into spray painting a 45’ mural….I teach people about how to use spray paint.
#44
The most recent one, some dude telling me what's a balanced nutrition. Ive been a dietitian for more than 10 years lmao
Stinky Malinky 2 years ago
I’ve been vegetarian for 25 years. Every time a Capital-M Man finds out, (EV-ERY TIME), he becomes a professional nutritionist and proceeds to tell me I’ll die if I don’t eat what he does. Ok, Dan. I’m still here.
#45
My boss telling me in great detail how I should wash my vagina. He didn't have a vagina.
Fun Fan 2 years ago
I'm trying to imagine a proper situation, what can lead to such a conversation at a workplace.
wordsupfool 2 years ago
Whoa. Whoa. Whoa. Boss? Do you work in a vaginal spot clean and detail business, or something?...
Flora Porter 2 years ago
Men who say that kind of thing invariably don't know the difference between a vagina and a vulva anyway.
LilliVB 2 years ago
Putting aside the sexual harassment, the vagina cleans itself and you shouldn't wash it unless a gynecologist gives you instructions to do so because of a illness. Otherwise you can fûck up the acid PH and making it a fertile ground to bacteria to grow and cause an infection
Upstaged75 2 years ago
Ew, gross!! Did you tell him how to clean his weiner? Why would ANYONE think that's an appropriate thing to say to another person???
#46
That PMS is actually psychosomatic and it isn't actually real. That I will just not experience the symptoms if I don't think about them.
PattyK 2 years ago
And if you punched him in the nose, he wouldn’t feel the pain if he didn’t think about it?
Phoenix(or nix)they/them 2 years ago
Nope, he would be thinking about the national animal for Scotland: the lovely unicorn
Load More Replies... Giraffy Window 2 years ago (edited)
Funny. Usually I spend a few days of my PMS thinking "wtf is wrong with me?!" Before cluing in... Maybe he thinks the P in PMS stands for "Psychosomatic" :p
Nae Nae BB 2 years ago
Wow! I never realized I had been doing it all wrong for so many years. So all that time spent on the couch curled up in horrible pain (endometriosis, stage 3 later diagnosed at age 20) I should have just not thought about it🙄🙄
Michael Largey 2 years ago
Actually mansplaining is psychosomatic in reverse - imagining that the other person has a problem that they actually don't.
#47
I was eating lunch at a cafe when I was told I shouldn't be eating salad because when you're pregnant you don't have an immune system and that it could kill me. He was a doctor. And no, when I asked if he meant to warn me about food borne illness he laughed and said no, it was the ranch dressing bacteria. He also tried to explain to me what pregnancy felt like.
Rayne OfSalt 2 years ago
You don't have an immune system when pregnant? What, does he think it goes on vacation or something?
Spocks's Mom 2 years ago
I bet he's a different kind of doctor and not a medical doctor. Please tell me he's not a medical doctor.
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Puppy Dancing! 2 years ago
No. Immune system fine in all moms. The fetus displays HLA -G on all its cells to prevent attack, so the mum doesn't need to turn off their immune system. The problem is the baby is hooked into the blood system of the mom so any invaders the mom can normally fight off can invade the baby through the blood before the mom fights them off, and the babies immune system is not able to handle severe infections and can die. The Ranch dressing can be dangerous because listeria bacteria can grow between 6 to 10 C and bottled salad dressing is not recommended because it sits for months in the refrigerator and it can grow listeria when it is brought out to be used and it warms up. Listeria is fought off by the mom but if it crosses the placenta the fetus cannot fight it off and will die. Packaged individual salad dressing servings is fine.
Cjo 2 years ago (edited)
I never thought about this before, but once you explained it, it makes perfect sense. So, here we have a case of the woman complaining about "mansplaining" and ignoring the advice that was in fact right, and vital to know. It seems me, that this is womansplaining (in other words, doing the same thing in reverse, ignoring the fact that the man might even know what he is talking about, and just assuming that she knows best).
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Nicholas Blanchard 2 years ago
The immune system goes up and down during pregnancy, not away. And the only issue with salad is if it's unwashed, which I think is pretty obvious for anyone anytime.
Michael Largey 2 years ago
When it came to stupidity, he was the one without an immune system.
#48
Me ex tried to tell me a certain alcohol was safe for me to drink… I have celiac disease and it’s not a safe alcohol for me to drink and I repeatedly told him the reasons and he argued til he was blue in the face, even though even before diagnosis I didn’t like that alcohol anyways so even if I could drink it I wouldn’t. I’ve had celiac disease for 10 years now… he’d never even heard of it before meeting me. But yeah he attempted to mainsplain several aspects of my own disease to me throughout the relationship.
Tabitha 2 years ago (edited)
When I first became gluten insensitive, which was also very early in my marriage, my husband didn’t think it was real because he’d never heard of it before. It was also when people were going gluten free to lose weight, not because they had to, so I can see where he probably thought that was my real reason for not eating food with gluten in it anymore. I said OK, you have to learn the hard way, even though I’m the one who has to suffer. So I ate some noodles that were made with wheat. That was not a good night for me, in and out of the bathroom all night (both ends). It was also not a good night for him, because he told me he honestly thought I was going to die, and it scared the s**t out of him to think he had doubted me and unfairly minimized something that genuinely made me that miserably sick. Sometimes they have to see it to believe it, even though they really don’t want to see it. He has never done that again. He knows I’m a grown woman, and I f*****g well know what I can and cannot eat, as well as when I’m sick. So if I say no to certain foods, or tell him I don’t feel good, all he does now is ask what I need for him to do. He’s also been on the lookout for gluten free foods that might taste good (so many of them are terrible substitutes for the gluten filled version), including trying his hand at baking GF bread, which turned out really good, btw.
Jennifer Mckinlay-Jones 2 years ago
I have been sober for almost 15 years for alcohol addiction and when I got my 6 month chip he stopped at my house carrying two cases of assorted beer. I asked him to leave the beer in his truck I wasn't ready to be around drinkersnat that time (now I love going to the bar with friends to laugh at the ppl singing karaoke and not urgent to drink) he proceeded to explain in great detail how I am not an alcoholic it is all in my head and he brought beer because he was going to teach me how to drink im moderation so I can go party with him next week and I would be able to have a beer with him smh
Audrey Rasmussen 2 years ago (edited)
unrelated but ANOTHER PERSON WITH CELIAC I HAVE NEVER KNOWN OF ANYBODY ELSE THAT HAS CELIAC AND ITS HONESTLY KINdA DEPRESSING FOR ME i wanna eat gluten
Hakitosama 2 years ago
Every time I read about a man trying to persuade a woman to drink alcohol... You know what I think about? R-A-P-E
tom 2 years ago
Lady shark do do do......sorry couldn't help myself. It's Barbara's doing, just needed an intermission
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#49
Had a partner at work attempt to explain lightning/electricity to me (in reference to defibrillation). I was a physics major in college. He knew this. One of our first units in physics was electricity and magnetism.
Rob(erta) Roy (They/Them) 2 years ago
I'm usually a pretty nice person, and I'll probably get downvoted for saying this, but you can go to hell Barbra
Michael Largey 2 years ago
Or we could ignore her, and deprive her of the attention she's clearly here for.
Load More Replies... Stephanie Did It 2 years ago
Defibrillation via lightning bolt sounds somewhat counterproductive to me.
#50
What women like myself, actually want in a man despite telling them over and over.
DarkViolet 2 years ago
No one likes being told what they want. Especially by someone who hasn't got a clue.
Tabitha 2 years ago
Which makes the mansplainer exactly what women DO NOT want.
Load More Replies... Zoey Rayne 2 years ago
Did he forget the part where all humans have different desires and preferences and no two people want the exact same thing in almost any situation.
Power puff scientist 2 years ago
i dont get it barbra 31 is about oxygen and you didnt comment
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#51
My own mental illness that I've had for a decade.
Happy Homemaker 2 years ago
My brother told me, a child r*pe survivor, that I didn’t have C-PTSD because I’ve never been in a war. Okay, sure bud. You lived it up at Nana’s when I was “playing horror house” for a year then getting stalked for a year by my 19 year old next door neighbor when I was 7. Nope, no PTSD here./s
StarlightPanda! 2 years ago
I guess he doesn't understand that PTSD can happen for any traumatic experience. I hope you're doing ok.
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Demongrrrrl 2 years ago
My dad didn't believe I had depression and wanted me to go live with him while the meds wore off and then I'd be fine. I told them that if I did that, one or both of us would be unalive in a violent, bloody manner.
slush 2 years ago
that’s everybody with npd. like everyone thinks it’s evil abuser disorder and that everyone with it must be awful. that’s not at all how it works. “people with NPD can’t love or feel shame” and then any time i try to explain what it is i get told that i don’t actually know or understand what it is
Stephanie Did It 2 years ago
I wanted to be sure I understood NPD in the right context so I tapped on it and selected Ask Alexa. Alexa confidently explained that it was a German neo-Nazi group. Alexa, did you just mansplain Narcissistic Personality Disorder to me??
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Audrey Rasmussen 2 years ago
like how my parents seem to think that if you just cant talk much during anxiety attacks its just youre worried about how youre gonna get punished because you did something wrong (normally being worried, you know a terrible terrible thing to do) like no i am physically incapable of making me do talk
#52
Had the janitor at my old job mansplain colonization in canada to me. I'm native and was like ??? the whole time.
Kat-Renee Kittel 2 years ago (edited)
I had a colleague that tried to tell me that I wasn't of native American descent because the shape of my eyelids were wrong.. He had taken one class in anthropology so he should know. Tell that to my DNA sample LOL
SkyBlueandBlack 2 years ago
He obviously didn't pay much attention in class.
Load More Replies... KathyT 2 years ago
The fact that the individual was a janitor seems irrelevant and classist. He may just love to study history and find someone to share his knowledge with. Additionally, many "natives" are not knowledgeable about their country's history with colonization.
Michael Largey 2 years ago
The relevence was to rule out him being a professional historian, sociologist, or anthropologist. Yes, he may have studied on his own - which is another way of saying he "did his own research".
Load More Replies... Power puff scientist 2 years ago
she accepts since you are in the same line of work
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#53
My ex told me I wasn’t walking properly and tried to teach me.
TeenieMeanie 2 years ago
Were you prancing when you should have been mincing? Pony walking instead of swaggering? Details!
Jennie Drake 2 years ago
This one is iffy. I walk on the balls of my feet. A few people have explained how to walk correctly and they are right.
Katrina Nixon 2 years ago
I would just do silly walks everywhere , and then he'll beg you to walk how you used to.
Mary Hiers 2 years ago
Reminds me of the time my ex-husband told me I didn't have asthma (diagnosed by a doctor), I just "breathed wrong." So glad he's my ex.
WindySwede 2 years ago
👍 had several doctors that told me I had asthma, for me they where all wrong though.
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My FIL went into great details to explain endometriosis to me. All I did was let him know that I was having a surgery done to help and it had a bit of a recovery time. At that point I had been living with endo for a decade. Yes please mansplain my own body to me.
Nae Nae BB 2 years ago
I love when men try to explain endo to me. Even better when they try to explain what causes it. I'm well read on it and have had many surgeries for it, with top surgeons in the endo field....don't explain or mansplain it to me. I know what it is, what it feels like, etc🙄
Mark (it/urgh) 2 years ago
Like the time I told my pregnant ex she had choleostasis because I'd read about the symptoms in a pregnancy book. Got roundly mocked for trying to explain her own pregnancy to her, turns out I was right and we nearly lost our daughter.
Power puff scientist 2 years ago
where is here? if you mean in the same vicinity as you i think all man glady agree
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#55
A man once mansplained sexism to me. He even had the audacity to say that he thought “more feminine men” had an even harder time than actual women do. I was in so much shock, I didn’t even think to punch him in the face.
Boootifull Unicorn 2 years ago
my forehead has a welt on it from all the times I've face palmed on this list
and_a_touch_of_the_’tism 2 years ago
Sorry but I immediately thought of that Avatar TLA quote with the really stupid nomads…
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Laura Grate 2 years ago
THIS- had a whole conversation like this with the husband that went down a weird rabbit hole. Tried to explain how women experience sexism to me. Like dude… no… Then when I made a comment about historical oppression of women throughout most cultures, he went on a whole diatribe about how since most humans were subservient to ruling classes “peasant men and women were equally miserable” and how he liked to think “that men and women worked side by side to survive.” Suuuure… it was equal.. mkay..
#56
I once had a guy explain to me how oxygen perfusion works in the human body ... I'm a nurse.
Michael Largey 2 years ago
If he's a doctor, he would know that any nurse would already know about perfusion.
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I compared our reproductive system to that of chickens because we're both born with all of our eggs. He interrupted me to say that women actually make new eggs every month. 🙂
adnap derob 2 years ago
So the eggs don't age. Older eggs are higher risk for many things
Load More Replies... Fenchurch 2 years ago
Me too! Thought they generated them new all the time
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Told my bf what grandparents law was and days later he said “ i read somewhere about grandparents law ,, “ and started to explain it exactly how i did until i interrupted him and told him i was the somewhere.
Brainmas 2 years ago
To be fair, I do this. I will tell someone "I was just talking about (topic) with someone the other day," and either they will say yeah me, or I'll notice a face after talking for a little while and be like, oh it was you wasn't it? I'm just dumb and forgetful.
FaceTime Audio 2 years ago
Same. I’ve got a bad memory for faces, names, voices, and what topics I’m interested I’ve already talked about with people.
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JK 2 years ago (edited)
My ex used to do this all the fricking time. If I told him something he didn't believe it, but then he'd come back a couple days later, tell me the same info, and when I said "yeah, I know, I told you on X day" he'd say "no you didnt, we only just talked about it at work/so-and-so told me today"
Anja Henriksen 2 years ago
At least he actually listened to what you told him and it got stuck
#59
My partner once explained to me how wifi and modems work… I’ve been in telecom for almost 20 years and was a journey person before moving to manage network engineers and architects. It was heartwarmingly cute when he put his foot in his mouth after about 5 minutes when he realized what he was doing.
CrazyKnitter 2 years ago
My husband does this with technology. It's cute though because it's not that he thinks I don't know, it's that he's so interested in it. He also does it to everyone, not just me. He just gets carried away in his enthusiasm.
Audrey Rasmussen 2 years ago
i do that too i just cant stop, i have explained the nature of everything involving that to the person that taught me 90% of it and they learn like 3 things but otherwise just look at me like.. yeah i taught you that congrats on remembering
Load More Replies... Charles McChristy 2 years ago
"journey person" BAWHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!! Someone's easily triggered.
#60
I was wearing a company jacket with the shape of Ohio on the back. A random guy at the gas station kept yelling at me until I turned around. He proceeds to say "bet you don't know what state that is on your jacket, yeah it's Ohio..." and goes on to explain to me about why it's shaped that way. Thanks guy. I had no idea where the company I work for is located. Like where my income is from. Glad he could clear it up for me.
Kat-Renee Kittel 2 years ago (edited)
Yeah, and you had no idea there was an image of a state on the back of your jacket. It just appeared there.
FaceTime Audio 2 years ago
Is “women suck at geography” a stereotype? If so, tell that to my Seterra statistics.
Momica98 2 years ago
That category is my downfall when watching "Jeopardy!"😂
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Had a guy try to "educate" me about tracking my period and how it's essential to my health and well being on being up to date on it so i can give honest answers when sked. Like, let's forget it's a bad time in our history to use apps and tracking, but like... dude what? Like yes I know to keep track and an idea on it, why do you think you need to educate me on this topic to begin with... Mind you this was a phone sales guy who was showing me new features on a smart watch, one being a period tracker, so it wasn't even someone important in my life, just some random dude.
DarkViolet 2 years ago
That was unprofessional in every way. I hoped she didn't buy a phone from that moron.
Charles McChristy 2 years ago
Yes! How dare he try to explain a feature on the phone he was selling LMAO!
Load More Replies... IShouldBeSleepingRightNow 2 years ago
I'm almost 40 with 2 kids, never tracked my period, if a doctor asks i just give a rough idea, thats more than sufficient and half the time they don't need to know.
Poison Ivy/Boo 2 years ago
What I would ask is: do you work on commission? If answer is yes, then tell him I'm looking for a really expensive item. When agreeing to buy said item, ask for another salesperson to complete the purchase. That is if I have FU money lol.
Hphizzle 2 years ago
Hey dude. Have you heard of a pencil and a paper calendar? That works just as well.
Fenchurch 2 years ago
Omg he thought it would sell more phones, like women don’t know how calendars work anymore. Also, who goes around asking women if their period is due unless they are at the doctor? Doctor only asks in case it’s been more than a month. They don’t care about the specific dates
#62
My fiance and I have been on whiskey tours etc and tonight he explained to me that on the rocks means a drink has ice in it. Sir. (He was pretty drunk tbf)
Nicholas Blanchard 2 years ago
Should have dumped some pebbles in his and told he was about to get stoned
Donna Sempek 2 years ago
Let's talk about a much more simple term. In every bar and distillery the term “on the rocks” means served with ice. So if you want to enjoy your whiskey with ice, “on the rocks” is the way to go. ….i guess I don’t understand
#63
On a first date, he asked if I knew what a urinal was. I took it as a one off thing… the next date, he asked if I knew what a multi tool was, and then said “really?” when I said yes.
Power puff scientist 2 years ago
no... i dont, are you gonna tell me or should i google it?
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I was telling my longtime pal (who knows me to be very mechanically minded and met me at our stupidly brainy college), that the auto-lock on my apartment door didn't work. Without examining the door, he insisted repeatedly this was impossible. He wasn't rude, I just thought it was wild that in his mind, a) "she is wrong about a simple observable fact" was more likely than b) "door is broken."
Charles McChristy 2 years ago
To be fair, when anyone calls customer support the first thing they ask is "Did you try restarting it first?" I guess people will find any reason to be offended.
WindySwede 2 years ago
"I told you, how many times, we needed locking mechanisms on the vehicle doors"
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Cures for PMS. As if 1) he would know more than a 40+ year old woman about this topic, or 2) every woman has the same pain and gets relief from the same treatments.
Niki A 2 years ago
I'm not sure. We should do some research just to be sure.
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There are many strategies and calling any a “cure” is an overstatement imo (except for a hysterectomy, that would probably stop PMS). My personal fave is Midol.
#66
The female orgasm. He watched a lot of p*rn, he said.
Realistic Optimist 2 years ago (edited)
He should watch Grey's Anatomy too. He'll be a doctor in no time.
Nicholas Blanchard 2 years ago
The female orgasm is elusive in its natural habitat, preferring to hide from the eyes of morons.
#67
That my muscle pain from my thyroid disease was ackshually probably just overexertion, instead, because he (a healthy person) sometimes had muscle pain in the same place & that was what the cause was for him.
Wingsofwrath 2 years ago (edited)
When spelled like that it's meant sarcastically. You could make it even more clear by putting it in quotation marks: "ackshually".
Load More Replies... two-sided llama 2 years ago
"oh you probably don't have cancer, It probably just diarrhea." "I have blood in my stools"
Tyranamar Seuss 2 years ago
You can gave blood in your stool for a lot of reasons besides cancer.
Load More Replies... Charlotte A. 2 years ago
In his defence it's extremely common among both men and women to assume that anyone else's problems are caused by and solved by exactly the same things as they were in their own lives.
#69
I had a guy in one of my college classes explain to me the general concept of undergraduate research. I had published two papers at that point.
#70
The explanation of what my feminizing HRT can do, specifically for uses unrelated to HRT. Thank you Mr. Man Doctor, I had no idea taking estrogen can increase my levels of estrogen. You've enlightened me.
Rayne OfSalt 2 years ago
Good lord, is that what the estrogen I've been taking is doing? Tell your ManDoctor thanks from me too, I was clueless!
Charles McChristy 2 years ago
A doctor was explaining a procedure to you? Someone call the police!!!
Alexander Bennewirtz 2 years ago
To be fair, they are obligated to tell you, especially if you're a trans woman or man that's receiving HRT for the first time ^^v
#71
Showers. I was telling a boomer man that my brothers hot water heater was dying and he mansplained that i just needed to wait for the water to warm up 1st. I was 40 at the time.
Charles McChristy 2 years ago
Yes, there are idiots of all shapes and sizes, which is why the term "boomer" is relevant. When they said "boomer" you knew exactly what type of idiot they were referring to.
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Robert Mandeville 2 years ago
Funny. I'm gen X and I use the term 'Boomer' for my parent's generation.
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#72
I was a beauty therapist for 9 years. I don't think his intent was to mansplain, but my dad would often try to explain to me the importance of eyebrow shape to flatter a face shape. I know, man. I got the diploma.
Zoey Rayne 2 years ago
Do you think it was more about him expressing personal preferences about aesthetics or that he really thought it was new info for you?
#73
I bought a six pack of beer one night from the liquor store and the man on the check out explained to me in great detail how I needed to hold the pack from underneath to stop the bottles falling out. Complete with instructional hand gestures. Thanks Newton, I know how gravity works.
Almarako94 2 years ago
No, you just don't understand how many times these carriers ripped and he got blamed for it. He's just trying no to be responible for others stupidity.
IamMe 2 years ago
That's what I thought, too. I worked at a store, that sold paper bags, with glued on handles for people who forgot their reusables. I always warned our customers to carry them from the bottom, because I'd seen so many break. Didn't really help, though. A lot of customers got mad at me for explaining it, and proceeded to carry them by the handle. Then yelled at me again, when they broke.
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Caroline Overill 2 years ago
What? Explain that to me again. No it’s no good I don’t get it. Maybe you’d just better carry it to my car for me. I can get my boyfriend to take it out when I get home.
Zoey Rayne 2 years ago
I'll give him the benefit of the doubt and say he probably is more familiar with which brands have the flimsy packaging and are more likely to fall apart.
David 2 years ago
I doubt this was a "mansplaining" thing. Sounds more like he had a product with s****y packaging and was trying to convey the problem. I have carried a number of six packs by the handle on the top and never had a problem / would be surprised if the bottles fell out the bottom. So to me it is not a "girl" thing. Just a crappy packaging thing.
Power puff scientist 2 years ago
do you mean men as in want to f**k all men but one at a time or do you mean men as in multiple at once?
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One time I was looking at my phone while standing near a gas pump about to put gas in my car, because I was transferring money over in my bank account. This random guy walked up to me and started explaining to me how to put gas in my car. He was rightfully embarrassed when I was like, "I'm just transferring money to my checking account..." I was 24. I swear I don't look SO young that it would be reasonable to assume I don't know how to put gas in my car. I also know I didn't have a 'confused' expression or anything. It was honestly too funny for me to even feel insulted.
Vortiporius 2 years ago
He was just trying to be helpful, there are people out there that struggle to do so.
Awesome At Being Autistic 2 years ago
Chances are that he wouldn't have "tried to be helpful" if it was a man doing the same thing.
Load More Replies... Zoey Rayne 2 years ago
Every time I open the hood of my car, a random dude seems to appear out of nowhere to check on me. Most of the time I just let him know I'm only topping off a fluid, though I will admit it can be nice when I need to move a part and my child sized hands don't have enough torque to do so easily.
Sylvia Baker 2 years ago
I watched an elderly woman look absolutely clueless on what to do at a gas station and the attendant came and did it for her. The attendant was a woman. Maybe she's a recent widow or he's ill or out of town and she needed gas. Some people protect their spouse to the point that they can't look after themselves properly without their significant other.
marianne eliza 2 years ago
Explosive situation. Not supposed to use your cell phone while fueling your vehicle.
#75
I once saw a film on a date in which some lava monster flung magma all over the place. I joked "I like the way they made fire scarier by making it goopier." Dude said, incredibly helpfully, "Um actually, that's called lava. It comes from volcanoes."
Vortiporius 2 years ago
I'd say s**t like that too. Not because I don't think you know, but because I'm Autistic and speak without thinking. I can't stop doing it no matter how hard I try, so now I just try saying "Captain obvious away!" afterwards to admit how stupid it was of me to explain it.
Lara 2 years ago
Thats kind of adorable. I have something similar and regularly feel the need to explain to people that its not because I am an a*s, it just slips out. Ow and I'm sorry. :D
Load More Replies... Rayne OfSalt 2 years ago
Pronounce "volcano" like "canoe". It'll cause psychic damage to every male twat within hearing range.
Ian Shaw 2 years ago
No, it will cause psychic damage to every scientist or anyone who passed 4th grade science, male or female...like this idiotic comment of yours.
Load More Replies... #76
How to wash a cup.
AtMostTheFabulist 2 years ago
Coffee cup? Tin Cup? Menstrual cup? Paper Cup? Red plastic Solo cup?
#77
That I cannot POSSIBLY have a cramp in my boob because there is no muscle tissue in boobs, just fat. No breasts have muscles, you see. Not even the ones on display at the Mr Muscle contests, apparently.
Evelyn Mraz 2 years ago
They don't though... the muscles lie BENEATH the breasts over the ribs. This is coming from a female (a biological one at that) with breasts.
Fenchurch 2 years ago
As a breast cancer surviver with unilateral mastectomy, can confirm there is zero muscle in breast tissue. Mastectomy removes breast tissue, not muscle. Does this woman have prehensile boobies? Doubtful. What I can say is that I am more aware of the pec muscle because the squishy fat and nipple nerves over it are gone. Literally never noticed the pec was there u til I could out my hand directly on it. The chest itself feels same as before, just no nipple sensations further away from the chest. Can get thumped on the chest and it doesn’t hurt like getting hit in the breast because nipple nerves are what hurt. It’s entirely possible she is feeling her chest muscle contracting and it feels like it’s happening in the same place.
Load More Replies... Charles McChristy 2 years ago
Breasts and pectorals are not the same thing. Didn't think that needed explaining, but here we are...
redplannet 2 years ago
Not only would I refer to a pectoral cramp as a boob cramp but we do have other muscles in the breast. The nipple has muscles that cause it to become erect and those muscles extend to the milk ducts. It's the areolar muscle
JessieJ&LilyLovebug 2 years ago
This is true, though? The muscle is behind the breast, but not considered part of it...
redplannet 2 years ago
We have areolar muscle from the nipple and then around the milk ducts.
Load More Replies... lawrence Andrew 2 years ago
Did he know what was causing the pain? If you cannot be helpful it is best to be quiet.
Power puff scientist 2 years ago
stop mansplaining barbra, no one asked, jeeez
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#78
Had an ex explain to me what the eggplant emoji was used for….. -_-
#79
Hormonal acne. I wash my face and don’t use make up often. I still struggle with it.
Amused panda 2 years ago
Probably tried explaining the cause of OP's acne
Load More Replies... Charlotte A. 2 years ago
I have PCOS and have had acne since I first entered puberty (almost 50 now). In school our (male) biology teacher explained that girls never have acne for longer than 3 months at the most, at which point everyone in class turned around, looked at me, and sneered. I had had it for a couple of years at that point.
Fenchurch 2 years ago
Weird claim for a teacher to make when teens and adults deal with acne for years
Load More Replies... marianne eliza 2 years ago
Oh yeah, it's real. It's another lovely part of womanhood. Pops up regularly in a woman's cycle. So ladies, it's not the chocolate you scarf during PMS that gives you the zits. It's the hormones that made you want the chocolate in the first place.
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Imnotthatpanda 2 years ago
I have this (biological cis 40 y/o female here). Spironolactone was a game changer for me!!!
#80
I work in biotech and I was mansplained what PowerPoint was for a team team activity to present an intro to our team to the entire department. Needless to say, this team activity had lots of arguments which also included dismissing everything our co op said. Obviously, our team presentation was boring as hell while other teams had fun and informative intros to their team like having parody intros to full house.
WindySwede 2 years ago
he got bored? I say he because I think it was a dude trying to inflict anger towards women? Hence that user-name. Not trying to mansplain, just thinking aloud.. 😅
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What do you think ?
Kimberly Alison 2 years ago
All of this just scratches the surface and it’s still infuriating to read.
The Chocolate Gecko 2 years ago
Christ, man, what's up with Barbra? Just straight up misandry from what I can tell.
Julie S 2 years ago
Poor Barbara needs some serious therapy some man must have really hurt her!
Load More Replies... Undercover 2 years ago
My dad once explained to me how to use a hot glue gun. He asked me beforehand to help him out on one of his projects because he had never used a hot glue gun before and knew I had plenty of experience 🤦🏻♀️
Nerd Groupie 2 years ago
I had a friend mention a girl he started dating. He was "relieved she's not on the pill, that means she doesn't sleep around!" My lecture mode was ACTIVATED.
Cass 2 years ago
I used to have a photo blog where I posted photos from my hometown and a dude explained to me that I was a fake. He spent 5 minutes on Google and "proved" that my Arctic hometown didn't have the "correct" architecture. His Google results were American and I'm from Europe.
WindySwede 2 years ago
🤦♂️ probably also though Georgia just was a US state and not a country.. 🤷♂️
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Charl Marx 2 years ago
Had a former colleague try to explain the offside rule to me. I'm a fully qualified youth football coach and former qualified youth football referee.
WindySwede 2 years ago
I have never been able to remember/understand it 😅
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June 2 years ago
Started a new job, few years ago. During lunch we (all programmers) are talking about random things, and some guy explains how they purify water in the military. I correct him nicely because he is wrong. He insists, I start to get amused as well as my manager who ends up telling him to stop embarrassing himself : "she was in the military" 😂
Bec 2 years ago
Was asked if I knew where the f- word came from, I said I wasn't sure but the German word for strike/hit. In the most sneering condescending voice that comes with white male privilege was told it meant For Unlawful Carnal Knowledge. I didn't think that sounded right, as acronyms are a newer construct, but I said ok. I researched it and I was correct, his source was a Van Halen record. The next time it came up I politely corrected him and he just shrugged it off like he was just joking - no you weren't and you didn't need to treat me like an idiot
Hakunamawhatnow 2 years ago
So we are just randomly calling everything mansplaining now? As a girl: we dont hate you, men. Its just a few of us on BP.
Kimberly Alison 2 years ago
All of this just scratches the surface and it’s still infuriating to read.
The Chocolate Gecko 2 years ago
Christ, man, what's up with Barbra? Just straight up misandry from what I can tell.
Julie S 2 years ago
Poor Barbara needs some serious therapy some man must have really hurt her!
Load More Replies... Undercover 2 years ago
My dad once explained to me how to use a hot glue gun. He asked me beforehand to help him out on one of his projects because he had never used a hot glue gun before and knew I had plenty of experience 🤦🏻♀️
Nerd Groupie 2 years ago
I had a friend mention a girl he started dating. He was "relieved she's not on the pill, that means she doesn't sleep around!" My lecture mode was ACTIVATED.
Cass 2 years ago
I used to have a photo blog where I posted photos from my hometown and a dude explained to me that I was a fake. He spent 5 minutes on Google and "proved" that my Arctic hometown didn't have the "correct" architecture. His Google results were American and I'm from Europe.
WindySwede 2 years ago
🤦♂️ probably also though Georgia just was a US state and not a country.. 🤷♂️
Load More Replies... Charl Marx 2 years ago
Had a former colleague try to explain the offside rule to me. I'm a fully qualified youth football coach and former qualified youth football referee.
WindySwede 2 years ago
I have never been able to remember/understand it 😅
Load More Replies... June 2 years ago
Started a new job, few years ago. During lunch we (all programmers) are talking about random things, and some guy explains how they purify water in the military. I correct him nicely because he is wrong. He insists, I start to get amused as well as my manager who ends up telling him to stop embarrassing himself : "she was in the military" 😂
Bec 2 years ago
Was asked if I knew where the f- word came from, I said I wasn't sure but the German word for strike/hit. In the most sneering condescending voice that comes with white male privilege was told it meant For Unlawful Carnal Knowledge. I didn't think that sounded right, as acronyms are a newer construct, but I said ok. I researched it and I was correct, his source was a Van Halen record. The next time it came up I politely corrected him and he just shrugged it off like he was just joking - no you weren't and you didn't need to treat me like an idiot
Hakunamawhatnow 2 years ago
So we are just randomly calling everything mansplaining now? As a girl: we dont hate you, men. Its just a few of us on BP.
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