Mansplaining

[Bengalzona]

(07-31-2018, 11:10 AM)BmorePat87 Wrote: White, middle class progressive girl I went to middle and high school with posts articles written by woman of color about issues involving people of color.

Good friend (actually the Bengals fan friend who got me posting here years ago) who is Syrian responds with his own thoughts on the issue as a minority. Uses the phrase "simply put" at the end to sum up his thought.

White girl then just responds with a myriad of mansplaining memes.

I tell my friend to respond with "I guess my experience as a person of color doesn't really apply. Thanks for whitesplaining this for me", knowing it would crush her, but he says "No, I'm better than her and that bullshit".



Men are often times dicks, both to other men and women, especially in situations where they think they know more. Women certainly do have issues gaining the same level of respect in the professional world and with the presumption of competence. But using the word "mainsplain" anytime a guy chimes in is just stupid. I'm more hesitant to correct misconceptions about how our government works that are vocalized on facebook if it's a woman rather than a man, because I don't want to deal with this crap.

You see where I'm coming from. It's just a form of name calling, and is often used as a word powerplay to dismiss someone else's thoughts anymore rather than in a proper context.

That may be the case with other types of "-splaining" as well. I admire your friend. He is better than that and has the wisdom to know that.