Womensplaining

22 April 2019, 04:06 PM

Doug

Womensplaining

quote:
Originally posted by LL:
I sometimes am so lost...never heard of either. If it has to do with M's post...why would a woman have to 'splain' how she spent HER money? ;-)

Let’s see if any of the guys have the nerve to tell LL what a mansplaining is…

22 April 2019, 04:21 PM

CHAS

Mansplaining is a pejorative term meaning " to comment on or explain something to a woman in a condescending, overconfident, and often inaccurate or oversimplified manner". Author Rebecca Solnit ascribes the phenomenon to a combination of "overconfidence and cluelessness". Wikipedia

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Several people have eaten my cooking and survived.

22 April 2019, 04:21 PM

CHAS

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Several people have eaten my cooking and survived.

22 April 2019, 04:23 PM

CHAS

Womansplaining
The act of a woman actively avoiding a question by making an attempt to divert the conversation to a new topic. Urban Dictionary

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Several people have eaten my cooking and survived.

22 April 2019, 04:23 PM

CHAS

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Several people have eaten my cooking and survived.

22 April 2019, 05:33 PM

quote:
Originally posted by CHAS:
Mansplaining is a pejorative term meaning " to comment on or explain something to a woman in a condescending, overconfident, and often inaccurate or oversimplified manner". Author Rebecca Solnit ascribes the phenomenon to a combination of "overconfidence and cluelessness". Wikipedia

Oh, for sure I recognize THAT!

22 April 2019, 06:45 PM

Mikhailoh

Well now, don't y'all worry your pretty little heads about it.

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22 April 2019, 07:22 PM

Mary Anna

I'm trying to limit myself to the word "splaining," which I use for the condescending-explaining-in-a-smug-voice that most people are referencing when they say "mansplaining."

It's not that I've never been on the receiving end of splaining done by men. It's just that by dropping the "man" from "mansplaining," I acknowledge that a woman can splain, and sometimes that woman is me.

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22 April 2019, 10:01 PM

quote:
Originally posted by Mikhailoh:
Well now, don't y'all worry your pretty little heads about it.

G r o a n .....

But good comeback!

23 April 2019, 12:33 AM

RealPlayer

Speaking of "I Love Lucy," I believe it was Ricky Ricardo who gave us the root of the word: "splaining." (And Lucy often mocked him for his pronunciation.)

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23 April 2019, 09:16 AM

Nina

An excellent realization! I believe you are correct.

23 April 2019, 09:49 AM

CHAS

quote:
Originally posted by Mikhailoh:
Well now, don't y'all worry your pretty little heads about it.

Bravery or...?

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Several people have eaten my cooking and survived.

23 April 2019, 02:25 PM

pianojuggler

quote:
Originally posted by jodi:
WTF is chickparking?

Maybe some man can 'spla...

... oh, never mind.

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23 April 2019, 02:39 PM

jon-nyc

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24 April 2019, 12:53 AM

Cindysphinx

It's not that men load the dishwasher wrong.

It's that they load it inconsistently.

Can we just have a system, based on the rack and the size/shape of our dishes? Don't just open it and put stuff any old place. This requires me to come behind you and re-organize.

I don't even insist that you do it my way -- even though we had a conference about it and we agreed that the way I suggested was the most practical and yielded the best way.

Let's just agree on a way -- your way -- and then stick to it.

Cindy -- who is currently on strike and is refusing to load the dishwasher until we agree on *any* sort of system