17 Absolutely Infuriating Examples of Mansplaining
Pretty much every woman and gender-nonconforming person on the planet has been the victim of mansplaining - a.k.a. when a man condescendingly explains something to you in a manner that suggests you can't possibly know what he's talking about.
women, what's the most infuriating thing you've had mansplained to you?
- Tracy Clayton (@brokeymcpoverty) March 21, 2017
And in order to further prove just how prevalent this practice is, "Another Round" co-host Tracy Clayton recently took to Twitter to ask her followers to share the worst examples of mansplaining they've ever endured. The results were absolutely infuriating, and ended up leading to hundreds of people sharing the worst, weirdest, and most rage-inducing things men have tried to explain to them without their asking.
Here are just a few of the best examples.
1.
@brokeymcpoverty I once had a friend mansplain to my roommate how to ~correctly~ pronounce her own name bc he thought she was doing it wrong
- Aja Romano (@ajaromano) March 21, 2017
2.
@brokeymcpoverty at the racetrack-where I've worked for 14 years-men regularly try to explain to me how gambling works as I take their bets.
- Elizabeth Minkel (@elizabethminkel) March 21, 2017
3.
@brokeymcpoverty Obstetrician disagreed that my baby was about to come. Mansplained & left for soda. 3 mins later: Baby born, no doc in room
- Amy Duncan (@amydunc) March 21, 2017
4.
@lizzieohreally @brokeymcpoverty one time a guy explained to me how prescriptions work. like..."first the doctor decides which medication"
- cat ferguson (@biocuriosity) March 21, 2017
@lizzieohreally @brokeymcpoverty "im gonna stop you right there, i am an adult who has been to a doctor, so we can skip some of the basics"
- cat ferguson (@biocuriosity) March 21, 2017
5.
@brokeymcpoverty dude in workshop tried to tell me my description of orgasm was "gratuitous" because women's orgasms don't work like that 🙃
- Rachel Charlene (@RachelCharleneL) March 21, 2017
6.
@brokeymcpoverty True story. I was WH waiting meet w/Pres. Obama. Man explains to me: "If you want to succeed you sd learn abt sports.
- Angela Blanchard (@CajunAngela) March 21, 2017
@brokeymcpoverty I'm a grown ass woman waitin to meet w POTUS because of my work & this knucklehead is giving me "how to get ahead" advice
- Angela Blanchard (@CajunAngela) March 21, 2017
@brokeymcpoverty what makes story better is we are both standing next to Magic J. Who was giving me a big hug at that moment.
- Angela Blanchard (@CajunAngela) March 21, 2017
7.
.@brokeymcpoverty Recently? Office dude came in to move my phone, mocking me bc he thought I didn't know how. I said the cable's too short..
- ⚾ MHarvey ⚾ (@mharvey816) March 21, 2017
.@brokeymcpoverty But as he's unplugging it to move, he stops and hollers "who puts in a cable this short?" I just smiled & sipped my cocoa.
- ⚾ MHarvey ⚾ (@mharvey816) March 21, 2017
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@brokeymcpoverty my taxes are higher now than when I lived in Canada, but someone once tried to mansplain to me that that's not true.
- Kaleigh Rogers (@KaleighRogers) March 21, 2017
@brokeymcpoverty oh! and any time I make a joke on Twitter, a man will, without fail, explain the joke back to me.
- Kaleigh Rogers (@KaleighRogers) March 21, 2017
9.
.@brokeymcpoverty A man once explained street harassment to me: "Apparently, it's a thing now." Oh so it's a thing, thank you.
- Emily Lindin (@EmilyLindin) March 22, 2017
10.
@brokeymcpoverty men regularly try to explain that there weren't women writing in the Middle Ages (I have a PhD in medieval women's writing)
- Kathryn Maude (@krmaude) March 21, 2017
11.
@brokeymcpoverty how to correctly insert a tampon. no, this person was not a doctor.
- Charleyy Hodson (@CharleyyRachael) March 21, 2017
12.
.@brokeymcpoverty had a journalism student take over my lecture to explain to the class why the math I was doing was wrong. He was wrong.
- Jessica Huseman (@JessicaHuseman) March 22, 2017
13.
@brokeymcpoverty that podcasts and audio content are kinda having a big moment. I've worked at wnyc for 19 years.
- Kaari Pitkin (@kaaripitkin) March 21, 2017
14.
@brokeymcpoverty Menstruation. (Didn't believe I had my period because "it's not the 28th.")
- shannonk (@shannonk) March 21, 2017
15.
@brokeymcpoverty How to ride a bike. While I'm on my bike. By a guy sitting in the SUV driving next to me.
- Allison McCartney (@anmccartney) March 21, 2017
16.
@brokeymcpoverty the Welsh national anthem and the Welsh language (I am Welsh and speak it fluently, this guy was English)
- Elena Cresci (@elenacresci) March 22, 2017
17.
@brokeymcpoverty pic.twitter.com/GZGmp9BFfo
- JenAshleyWright (@JenAshleyWright) March 22, 2017
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