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Sometimes people are being sexist. Mansplaining is a real thing that happens. You may not see the need for the word because you personally don’t need it, but maybe you can understand that there a lot of people who do need it?

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NotANumber@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨23⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
I mean sure, but you can’t deny it’s misused sometimes. I never said it didn’t happen at all. Stop reading what I didn’t write.

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- moakley@lemmy.world ⁨21⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
  Yes, it’s misused sometimes. And it sounds like you agree that sometimes it’s the right word for the situation.
  
  If a man inaccurately and smugly trying to correct a female astronaut, punctuating it with “Simple thermo”, isn’t the right time to use “mansplaining”, then when would be?
  
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