# It's amazing! (Mansplaining) **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [November 15, 2018, 4:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-amazing-mansplaining/824564 "2018-11-15T16:24:41Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![catflea12](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f6c823/32.png) [@catflea12](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/catflea12)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2018, 4:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-amazing-mansplaining/824564/1 "2018-11-15T16:24:41Z")
It’s amazing how upset the guys get when mansplaining something and you tell them to STFU. I got blocked by a relative when I did that. Oddly enough, I don’t care. ---
**Author:** ![Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mean_mr.mustard/32/3865_2.png) [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2018, 4:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-amazing-mansplaining/824564/2 "2018-11-15T16:33:13Z")
You care. You bothered to create a thread about it. mmm ---
**Author:** ![Thudlow\_Boink](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thudlow_boink/32/320_2.png) [@Thudlow\_Boink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thudlow_Boink)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2018, 4:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-amazing-mansplaining/824564/3 "2018-11-15T16:33:52Z")
DId you literally tell them to “shut the fuck up,” in so many words? Yeah, I can see how that might upset somebody. ---
**Author:** ![Calatin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/439d5e/32.png) [@Calatin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Calatin)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2018, 4:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-amazing-mansplaining/824564/4 "2018-11-15T16:34:01Z")
> [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](#): > > You care. You bothered to create a thread about it. > mmm Done in one. ---
**Author:** ![andros](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e480ec/32.png) [@andros](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/andros)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2018, 4:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-amazing-mansplaining/824564/5 "2018-11-15T16:34:18Z")
> [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](#): > > You care. You bothered to create a thread about it. STFU, mansplainer. ---
**Author:** ![Kimstu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ecd19e/32.png) [@Kimstu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kimstu)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2018, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-amazing-mansplaining/824564/6 "2018-11-15T16:37:50Z")
Yah, there’s potentially a discussion to be had about the extent to which some men overreact to being disagreed with or ignored because their conception of masculinity includes being naturally entitled to lay down the law about stuff. But this thread ain’t it. ---
**Author:** ![catflea12](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f6c823/32.png) [@catflea12](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/catflea12)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2018, 4:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-amazing-mansplaining/824564/7 "2018-11-15T16:43:38Z")
And I bet everyone who posted, except possibly Andros is a man who wants to explain to the poor little woman how wrong she is. They can STFU. ---
**Author:** ![Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/intergalactic_gladiator/32/112_2.png) [@Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Intergalactic_Gladiator)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2018, 4:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-amazing-mansplaining/824564/8 "2018-11-15T16:43:51Z")
**catlfea12** , I don’t think you understand what mansplaining is. See, it’s when a man explains to someone else, typically a woman, in a manger regarded as condescending or patronizing. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_other_waldo_pepper/32/12370_2.png) [@The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Other_Waldo_Pepper)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2018, 4:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-amazing-mansplaining/824564/9 "2018-11-15T16:47:25Z")
> [@Intergalactic\_Gladiator](#): > > **catlfea12** , I don’t think you understand what mansplaining is. See, it’s when a man explains to someone else, typically a woman, in a manger regarded as condescending or patronizing. Well, actually, it’s “manner”. ---
**Author:** ![magellan01](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@magellan01](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/magellan01)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2018, 4:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-amazing-mansplaining/824564/10 "2018-11-15T16:47:43Z")
> [@catflea12](#): > > And I bet everyone who posted, except possibly Andros is a man who wants to explain to the poor little woman how wrong she is. They can STFU. What’s the point? It’s like explaining WiFi to my cat. And what the hell are you doing on a message board. You mean there’s NO housework to be done?! ---
**Author:** ![MoonMoon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/moonmoon/32/2959_2.png) [@MoonMoon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MoonMoon)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2018, 4:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-amazing-mansplaining/824564/11 "2018-11-15T16:47:46Z")
Where does a mansplainer get his water? From a well, actually ---
**Author:** ![catflea12](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f6c823/32.png) [@catflea12](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/catflea12)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2018, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-amazing-mansplaining/824564/12 "2018-11-15T16:51:20Z")
Of course I do, why do you think I used that term? My relative likes to pontificate about various topics, that’s why I told him to STFU. ---
**Author:** ![Kimstu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ecd19e/32.png) [@Kimstu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kimstu)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2018, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-amazing-mansplaining/824564/13 "2018-11-15T16:51:42Z")
> [@catflea12](#): > > And I bet everyone who posted, except possibly Andros is a man Wrong on both counts, AFAICT. ---
**Author:** ![Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/intergalactic_gladiator/32/112_2.png) [@Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Intergalactic_Gladiator)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2018, 4:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-amazing-mansplaining/824564/14 "2018-11-15T16:52:46Z")
> [@The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](#): > > Well, actually, it’s “manner”. Well, actually “manger” is still correct. See, the first mansplainer was Jesus Christ. ---
**Author:** ![catflea12](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f6c823/32.png) [@catflea12](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/catflea12)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2018, 4:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-amazing-mansplaining/824564/15 "2018-11-15T16:54:00Z")
And for those who don’t know what pontificate means, one of the definitions is to speak in a pompous or dogmatic manner. ---
**Author:** ![Slash1972](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slash1972/32/6461_2.png) [@Slash1972](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slash1972)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2018, 4:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-amazing-mansplaining/824564/16 "2018-11-15T16:54:42Z")
> [@catflea12](#): > > Of course I do, why do you think I used that term? My relative likes to pontificate about various topics, that’s why I told him to STFU. Does your relative come to your house and physically force you to read his posts? ---
**Author:** ![Kimstu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ecd19e/32.png) [@Kimstu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kimstu)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2018, 4:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-amazing-mansplaining/824564/17 "2018-11-15T16:57:26Z")
> [@Slash1972](#): > > Does your relative come to your house and physically force you to read his posts? 😕 Since when is that a necessary condition for being allowed to tell somebody to STFU? Conversation, even on public social media, is a two-way street: A can say something B thinks A shouldn’t have said, and B can say “Shut up” to A. ---
**Author:** ![catflea12](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f6c823/32.png) [@catflea12](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/catflea12)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2018, 5:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-amazing-mansplaining/824564/18 "2018-11-15T17:00:08Z")
Thank you, kimstu. Manson1972, STFU ---
**Author:** ![Slash1972](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slash1972/32/6461_2.png) [@Slash1972](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slash1972)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2018, 5:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-amazing-mansplaining/824564/19 "2018-11-15T17:05:14Z")
> [@catflea12](#): > > Thank you, kimstu. Manson1972, STFU 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Slash1972](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slash1972/32/6461_2.png) [@Slash1972](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slash1972)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2018, 5:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-amazing-mansplaining/824564/20 "2018-11-15T17:06:37Z")
> [@Kimstu](#): > > 😕 Since when is that a necessary condition for being allowed to tell somebody to STFU? > > Conversation, even on public social media, is a two-way street: A can say something B thinks A shouldn’t have said, and B can say “Shut up” to A. Who said it was a necessary condition? I was simply asking a question. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-amazing-mansplaining/824564.md?page=2)