"Mansplaining—when a man talks condescendingly to someone (especially a woman) about something he has incomplete knowledge of, with the mistaken assumption that he knows more about it than the person he's talking to does."
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Though all men do not mansplain, every woman can recall a time when she has been mansplained, or been forced to deal with the consequences of mansplaining. Because of the way children are socialized, men may not be making a conscious effort to mansplain rather they are acting upon internalized feelings.
According to the online Oxford dictionary, "manspreading" describes “the practice whereby a man adopts a sitting position with his legs wide apart, in such a way as to encroach on an adjacent seat'. It is a behaviour that is commonly spotted on public transport.
These seven ways to respond to mansplaining, however, offer an alternative to drowning in a sea of frustration.
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Your body language, facial expressions, eye contact, tone of voice, etc,. So identify both verbal and non-verbal communications that may be leading to mansplaining. Especially when someone tells you that you are mansplaining, just stop. Take a moment to reflect on your behavior.
Here are 8 things to do that are better than mansplaining.
There's even a term for it: “hepeating.” The term was first coined by Professor Nicole Gugliucci to describe the act of a male colleague repeating and getting credit for an idea first presented by a female colleague.
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This is how you can respond to hepeating when you need to stop it in its tracks.
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