frayedends thread got me thinking of man women interactions these days.
My recent experience; I was at my married daughter's house, chatting with my SIL in the garage talking about battery chargers. My daughter was wandering around and overheard our conversation and asked what was voltage. My SIL and I both looked at each other and he said with a wink, "go for it" Knowing she knew absolutely nothing about electric principles, I tried to explain using the water hose analogy. I thought I did a good job, but got accused of mansplaining. She did smile when she said it and she followed by that was more "than I cared to know"
It's a fine line.
Who's been confronted with this recent phenomena?
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“Mansplaining” is just another word for women to use when they feel butthurt having someone EXPLAIN something they didn’t know, and for some reason, are embarrassed about it. That said, I can say I haven’t in all seriousness had that accusation levied against me.
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At least weekly by my wife. Followed with blah bla blah. Didn’t need to know that much
A few years ago I had a female client complain to my boss I used too much jargon and it was confusing to her. I do mortgages. There’s not much jargon involved.
I answered a question (via e-mail) from a user in Italy about some of the software I wrote and supported, and she reported me to HR for gender abuse, saying that I'd denigrated her intelligence and ability. All I'd done was to supply a complete explanation of the software package and its interactions, something I'd always done with others who'd had questions. Although I'd done nothing wrong (the ladies in my office were ready to rip her eyes out) I was required to submit an apology to the female. (I actually didn't even know that the questioner was female until she complained -- she had an ambiguous name.) I did it, even though I didn't think I should have had to, and then told my supervisor that I would not hve any communications with that person again -- any further questions would have to be handled by someone else in the office.
My dad taught vocational high school auto mechanics and would not let me or my sister drive a car until we knew basic maintenance. I’ve known more about cars than a big percent of the guys I dated. I can’t tell you how many times I’ve been man-splained to, or outright lied to or someone tried to take advantage of me about repairs because they assume my pretty little head knows nothing…
Oh yeah, that’s me for sure. My wife constantly asks questions that I try to answer as simply as possible, to which her default reply is that my answer is incorrect…. So then I go into deeper detail and she says “ ok ok you don’t need to mansplain it, I believe you”
She also refers to me as a vessel of useless knowledge, and Mr Encyclopedia
Originally posted by MelissaDallas: My dad taught vocational high school auto mechanics and would not let me or my sister drive a car until we knew basic maintenance. I’ve known more about cars than a big percent of the guys I dated. I can’t tell you how many times I’ve been man-splained to, or outright lied to or someone tried to take advantage of me about repairs because they assume my pretty little head knows nothing…
Car dealer lost a sale when he told my wife "Why don't you come back with your husband little lady?" She's a CPA with her own practice. Not sure what pissed her off more - little lady or husband lol
I used to get this all the time from my ex-roommate. She'd ask me about something, I'd get a third of the way through an explanation and she'd interrupt with "Never mind, I don't really want to know." "So why did you ask?" <huffs and walks away>
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Car dealer lost a sale when he told my wife "Why don't you come back with your husband little lady?" She's a CPA with her own practice. Not sure what pissed her off more - little lady or husband lol
It’s how you respond to someone who accuses you of manspreading.
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