Talk:Mansplaining

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https://www.news.com.au/finance/work/at-work/aussie-workplace-bully-driving-female-colleagues-to-tears/news-story/f805977a938a587cd45c7df9b2ef11a5

https://www.reddit.com/r/ftm/comments/pest9i/im_a_transgender_man_ever_since_ive_transitioned/

https://overland.org.au/2015/08/dont-mansplain-things-to-me/

Mansplaining is the notion that men routinely speak to women in a condescending manner and in particular do so far more often than they would do so to men. This term is now widely used by women. Stories of men engaging in this behaviour are widely available online.[1]

One of the principal problems with the concept of mansplaining is that it presumes that the men talking in a condescending manner only do this to women. They may simply be arrogant individuals who act this way towards many people, regardless of gender. Because of the inherent assumption about the gender bias of someone who is allegedly mansplaining, the concept is unflasifiable. It is not possible to prove that these men would never act that way towards other men.