Mansplaining is one of the most frustrating things women experience. Any time a man oversteps by assuming a woman doesn’t understand something and explains it to a woman in a condescending way, it makes our blood boil. Women on Twitter are sharing their experiences with the dumbest thing that has ever been mansplained to them. None of the replies are hard to believe.
If someone starts mansplaining something to you, here are some ways to respond:
- Stop being nice! Stand up for yourself every time.
- Talk louder than them.
- Ask for more detail (often they don’t know what they’re talking about).
- Act dumb. If someone tells me how to pump my gas or some other basic human function, I give them a blank stare and smile, twirl my hair, and say “oh no way! I couldn’t have done this without you!”