• EldritchFemininity@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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      21 hours ago

      It’s a word, with a specific meaning. It was created to describe the sexist act of a man explaining something to a woman who either already knows, or is an expert in that field, as if she isn’t smart enough to understand the subject. And frequently when a man is confidently wrong on the subject in question.

      Without that sexist connotation, it’s not “mansplaining.” It’s just being condescending. Like you.