Conversation with ex girlfriend:
Her: I just got my car back from the garage. They told me to keep an eye on the tyre wear, but I don’t really know what that means or how to do it.
Me: I can show you how to do that if you like?
Her: I don’t need you to mansplain things to me! MAN KNOW CAR THING, WOMAN NO DO.
I stopped myself from correcting her interpretation of mansplaining, because it was clear that any man was forbidden from communicating normally with her.
“You said you didn’t know. But i know. Leave gender out of this.”
Why would this not work?
Her: I just got my car back from the garage. They told me to keep an eye on the tyre wear, but I don’t really know what that means or how to do it.
@Luvs2Spuj: putting down video game controller and giving a big sigh I can show you how to do that if you like?
Her: I don’t need you to mansplain things to me
MAN KNOW CAR THING, WOMAN NO DOI’ll just look it up online.
@Luvs2Spuj: FINE! IT’S NOT LIKE I HAVEN’T BEEN FIXING CARS FOR YEARS! GO AHEAD AND ASK SOME IDIOT ON TWITTER!
Her: No reason to shout. I’ll ask you questions if I need your help.
@Luvs2Spuj: I’M GOING TO POST ON THE INTERNET THAT YOU’RE BEING MEAN
Her: That is your right as we live in a free society. I see you and hear you, and I respect your opinions. Later tonight, I’m sure we can make sweet romantic love to settle our difference.
@Luvs2Spuj: All of this has me so worked up, I can’t even get hard anymore.
Her: I’ll just pick up some Chad at a bar and bring him over so you can watch, like we normally do.
@Luvs2Spuj: Thanks sweetie.
Fin
Here’s a lifehack:
- Quickly switch your gender to woman.
- Womansplain her everything that needs to be explained.
- (optional) Undo the gender switch.
I have a term also: Fem-terrogating
Are you new here? Where do you work? What do you do for work? Does that pay well? Are you married? Ad infinitum…
I simply answer that I don’t want to man-splain things.
Man-splaining isn’t any man explaining anything, it specifically refers to man’s tendency to assume women have very little knowledge and condescension while explaining. You can answer questions???
I do like fem-terrogation though
I think fem-terrogation is used to elicit specific info and the subject man may often not gather what is really being sought and why.
If the desired info is given, great.
If the wide-eyed probing questioning leads to bloviation on a pet subject and away from the sought data needed for mating informational purposes, then a splenetic term is applied to the subject.
Thus it is likely that ND men are often categorized thusly, as well as trying the patience of innocent questioners who are merely trying to ascertain bank balances, salary, promotion potential, and other relevant info needed to determine if she is suddenly interested in his pet subjects.
An easy trigger. “Mansplanning is a sexist term used to further divide the populous.”