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is a condescending and unnecessary addition to a conversation, often consisting of explaining a point a woman already made or repeating it in slightly different words.

Mansplaining is often regarded as a condescending and unnecessary addition to a conversation. Whether it's a comment on a blog post, a response to a tweet that merely repeats the woman's point in different words, or a YouTube response video used to explain a point a woman already made, mansplaining is incredibly common.

is a form of derailing in which men will interrupt a conversation between women to explain something to them about the subject, whether or not the men know anything about it and regardless of the men's level of expertise in the topic.

interrupt a conversation between women to explain something to them about the subject, whether or not the men know anything about it and regardless of the men's level of expertise in the topic.

is a form of everyday incivility in which women are presumed ignorant, powerless, or just plain wrong because men know better.

Additionally., while jerks are everywhere, it doesn't mean that mansplaining is nonexistent. In fact, mansplaining is described as a form of everyday incivility in which women are presumed ignorant, powerless, or just plain wrong because men know better. 

is a micro-aggression, a practice of undermining women's intelligence, their contributions, their voice, their experiences, their knowledge, their expertise such that it undermines women's feelings of self-worth and results in their deciding not to speak.

'Mansplaining' is a micro-aggression, a practice of undermining women's intelligence, their contributions, their voice, their experiences, their knowledge, their expertise... and frankly once these pile up, these mansplaining micro-aggressions, they undermine women's feelings of self-worth. Women then decide not to speak. As Solnit writes, 'the battle of Men Who Explain Things has trampled down many women'.

is a silencing tactic used by feminist against men who disagree with feminist orthodoxy.

Some argue that accusing men of mansplaining is a silencing tactic used by feminist against men who disagree with feminist orthodoxy.

is attributed to ingrained assumptions about the superiority of men's knowledge and opinions compared to women's.

. . . . Mansplaining is said to be based on the same assumptions that cause women to be less frequently promoted or hired for jobs in male-dominated areas, that is, ingrained assumptions about the superiority of men's knowledge and opinions compared to women's.

is beyond mere condescension and points to the privilege men have to assume that they are right, that women are wrong, and that their responsibility is to explain something to the poor woman who just can't understand it.

Nevertheless, the term mansplaining was created to go beyond mere condescension... it was invented to uncover the privilege men have to assume that they are right, that women are wrong, and that their responsibility is to explain something to the poor woman who just can't understand it.

is more than just a conversational inconvenience: it trains women in self-doubt and self-limitation just as it exercises men's unsupported overconfidence.

Mansplaining is more than just a conversational inconvenience: it trains women in 'self-doubt and self-limitation just as it exercises men's unsupported overconfidence'

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