# 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:** 3
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2018, 9:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-amazing-mansplaining/824564/41 "2018-11-15T21:07:50Z")
> [@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. > [@The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](#): > > Well, actually, it’s “manner”. You see, Waldo, Christmas is an important time of year to the religion known as Christianity… ---
**Author:** ![Toxgoddess](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f08c70/32.png) [@Toxgoddess](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Toxgoddess)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2018, 9:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-amazing-mansplaining/824564/42 "2018-11-15T21:16:41Z")
> [@Bryan\_Ekers](#): > > You see, Waldo, Christmas is an important time of year to the religion known as Christianity… Well, you see, Bryan, his name is actually Other Waldo. ---
**Author:** ![MichaelEmouse](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/michaelemouse/32/101_2.png) [@MichaelEmouse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MichaelEmouse)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2018, 9:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-amazing-mansplaining/824564/43 "2018-11-15T21:19:23Z")
> [@catflea12](#): > > 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. You told him to Shut The Feminist Up and he blocked you, I don’t know what you’re complaining about. Seriously though, if you’re pissed at a relative being a jerk and have no more to say than continued venting, go exercise or meditate or do some activity you enjoy. Coming back here will only aggravate you further because your OP will result in responses which are 99.8% pure snark. ---
**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, 9:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-amazing-mansplaining/824564/44 "2018-11-15T21:26:50Z")
> [@MichaelEmouse](#): > > Seriously though, if you’re pissed at a relative being a jerk and have no more to say than continued venting, go exercise or meditate or do some activity you enjoy. Coming back here will only aggravate you further because your OP will result in responses which are 99.8% pure snark. You sure told her! \*high-five! ---
**Author:** ![Doctor\_Jackson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/doctor_jackson/32/32_2.png) [@Doctor\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doctor_Jackson)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2018, 9:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-amazing-mansplaining/824564/45 "2018-11-15T21:29:29Z")
> [@wolfpup](#): > > Maybe she’s just pontificating. 😉 > [@Slash1972](#): > > What does that mean? To find out more information on “pontificating”, simply Google “cath licking”. ---
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2018, 9:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-amazing-mansplaining/824564/46 "2018-11-15T21:38:43Z")
I’ve edited the thread title for clarity. ---
**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, 9:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-amazing-mansplaining/824564/47 "2018-11-15T21:42:39Z")
But now people are going to come into the thread pissed off because they think the OP thinks Mansplaining is amazing! ---
**Author:** ![Ravenman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ravenman/32/2929_2.png) [@Ravenman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ravenman)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2018, 9:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-amazing-mansplaining/824564/48 "2018-11-15T21:55:28Z")
> [@catflea12](#): > > 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. Can you put some meat on the bones here? Like, the topic, at least? ---
**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, 10:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-amazing-mansplaining/824564/49 "2018-11-15T22:27:48Z")
> [@andros](#): > > This thread might not continue for very much longer. It will if we keep control. mmm ---
**Author:** ![EscAlaMike](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/escalamike/32/4177_2.png) [@EscAlaMike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EscAlaMike)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2018, 10:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-amazing-mansplaining/824564/50 "2018-11-15T22:40:40Z")
Can someone (preferably a man) please mansplain to me what mansplaining is? ---
**Author:** ![wolfpup](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolfpup/32/10618_2.png) [@wolfpup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfpup)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2018, 11:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-amazing-mansplaining/824564/51 "2018-11-15T23:20:52Z")
> [@Doctor\_Jackson](#): > > To find out more information on “pontificating”, simply Google “cath licking”. Or you can just read post #15 where the OP pompously mansplains it. ---
**Author:** ![Guest-starring\_Id](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guest-starring_id/32/21736_2.png) [@Guest-starring\_Id](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guest-starring_Id)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2018, 11:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-amazing-mansplaining/824564/52 "2018-11-15T23:25:30Z")
> [@Czarcasm](#): > > Madness…takes it’s toll ::as I plunk down on the bus bench with legs, like, super wide apart, arms up along the top:: If I can typo/autocorrect/proofreadsplain - that should be “its”. ---
**Author:** ![F.U.Shakespeare](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/aca169/32.png) [@F.U.Shakespeare](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/F.U.Shakespeare)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2018, 11:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-amazing-mansplaining/824564/53 "2018-11-15T23:36:21Z")
> [@catflea12](#): > > And for those who don’t know what pontificate means, one of the definitions is to speak in a pompous or dogmatic manner. Like the pontiff. And we know what gender the pontiff always is. ---
**Author:** ![Reindeer\_Flotilla](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/reindeer_flotilla/32/3024_2.png) [@Reindeer\_Flotilla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reindeer_Flotilla)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2018, 11:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-amazing-mansplaining/824564/54 "2018-11-15T23:45:32Z")
Dammit **catflea12** , I love you. Wait, I’m doing this wrong… ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2018, 12:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-amazing-mansplaining/824564/55 "2018-11-16T00:21:57Z")
I tried womansplaining something once, but the person I was talking to should have already known. ---
**Author:** ![Loach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loach/32/350_2.png) [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2018, 12:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-amazing-mansplaining/824564/56 "2018-11-16T00:31:34Z")
> [@Miller](#): > > I’ve edited the thread title for clarity. Modsplaining ---
**Author:** ![andros](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e480ec/32.png) [@andros](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/andros)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2018, 1:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-amazing-mansplaining/824564/57 "2018-11-16T01:05:44Z")
> [@EscAlaMike](#): > > Can someone (preferably a man) please mansplain to me what mansplaining is? Don’t worry your pretty little head about it. ---
**Author:** ![Chessic\_Sense](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7c8e57/32.png) [@Chessic\_Sense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chessic_Sense)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2018, 1:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-amazing-mansplaining/824564/58 "2018-11-16T01:33:33Z")
> [@RickJay](#): > > I would have liked to see Abraham mansplaining to his wife (Sarah?) what the hell happened up on that hill with Isaac. This is what pisses me off about the mansplaining fad. Mansplaining _requires_ that the man explain something to a woman that she should already know _and_ that a right-thinking gentlemen should assume she would know. Are you suggesting that Abraham ought to have assumed Sarah had already divined (heh) what happened on the hill? Because if not, it cannot be mansplaining. ---
**Author:** ![Chessic\_Sense](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7c8e57/32.png) [@Chessic\_Sense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chessic_Sense)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2018, 1:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-amazing-mansplaining/824564/59 "2018-11-16T01:34:54Z")
> [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](#): > > It will if we keep control. > mmm Well, yeah, you’ve got to. ---
**Author:** ![3trew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/3/13edae/32.png) [@3trew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/3trew)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2018, 1:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-amazing-mansplaining/824564/60 "2018-11-16T01:48:37Z")
> [@Bryan\_Ekers](#): > > I tried womansplaining something once, but the person I was talking to should have already known. This deserves to be repeated, because it is the funniest thing I’ve seen today. The funniest mansplaining aftermath I have seen has all been that moment after Mr. Important quotes Dr. JDE Smith to refute the lady he’s talking over. Someone casually mentions that the lady he is talking over is, in fact, Dr. Jane DE Smith. That moment of brain freeze juuuust before he decides she can’t possibly understand her own work as well as he does is quite precious. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-amazing-mansplaining/824564.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-amazing-mansplaining/824564.md?page=4)