07-30-2018, 05:35 PM
Anyone ever accused of this or ever accused someone else of it?
A friend of mine posted this on her FB page:
![[Image: 37606795_10205047112094144_3745103248936...e=5C0C012F]](https://scontent.fphx1-1.fna.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/37606795_10205047112094144_37451032489361408_n.jpg?_nc_cat=0&oh=a4e795259aba7eb80b33767d897ef309&oe=5C0C012F)
My first thought is, "I don't do that." And then, I thought, "Do I?". And then I returned to my initial thought.
I was thinking about this this weekend. Back in the day, didn't we just use to refer to people as "know-it-alls" or "smart asses"? And it was generally conducted by people with deep insecurity who felt a need to prove something. And didn't this used to be a gender-neutral behavior?
When did explaining something become "an attack on women"? You know, I can understand how it could be viewed that way if someone starts an explanation with "Looky here, little lady....". That is definitely old school chauvinism, right?
Somebody fill me in. How do you define "mansplaining"? Mansplain to me, if you have to. Is this behavior purely something men do? Or do women do it too?
A friend of mine posted this on her FB page:
My first thought is, "I don't do that." And then, I thought, "Do I?". And then I returned to my initial thought.
I was thinking about this this weekend. Back in the day, didn't we just use to refer to people as "know-it-alls" or "smart asses"? And it was generally conducted by people with deep insecurity who felt a need to prove something. And didn't this used to be a gender-neutral behavior?
When did explaining something become "an attack on women"? You know, I can understand how it could be viewed that way if someone starts an explanation with "Looky here, little lady....". That is definitely old school chauvinism, right?
Somebody fill me in. How do you define "mansplaining"? Mansplain to me, if you have to. Is this behavior purely something men do? Or do women do it too?
![[Image: 416686247_404249095282684_84217049823664...e=659A7198]](https://scontent.fphx1-2.fna.fbcdn.net/v/t39.30808-6/416686247_404249095282684_8421704982366424390_n.jpg?_nc_cat=102&ccb=1-7&_nc_sid=3635dc&_nc_ohc=p8hMrwwk1IoAX8mnFLJ&_nc_ht=scontent.fphx1-2.fna&oh=00_AfBXs4gKHr4knFejO874dfV3zzLd_bq4GiUqHxGWFlwbug&oe=659A7198)
