Kim Goodwin was asked to help some colleagues tell if they were being helpful or condescending. So she created a simple chart – which went unexpectedly viral. Two male colleagues recently asked me, ...
In 2010, mansplainer was named one of its "words of the year" by The New York Times. It was defined as: A man compelled to explain or give an opinion about everything—especially to a woman. He speaks, ...
There are very few things as annoying as people so arrogant and narcissistic that they think they’re far smarter than they think they are. Sadly, the world is full of men who have embraced the Dunning ...
Since the term "mansplaining" has entered the cultural zeitgeist as a social media phenomenon and hashtag, its popularity and usage has only skyrocketed. In just six months between November 2016 and ...
"Don't confuse your Google search with my master's degree," I fired back, echoing a popular meme in a moment of frustration-fueled pettiness. I was in the middle of a heated discussion with an ...
Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. You don't have to wait for the mansplainer to clear out before you take back the floor they stole from you. Dr. MacBride loves ...
Behind every successful woman doing something correctly is a man whispering in her ear telling her there is a better way to do what she’s already doing correctly. “You’re doing it all wrong, here is ...
When psychology major Trinity Christiano ’26 tells men she knows that she is working on a research project about mansplaining, they inevitably start to, well, mansplain. “They are obviously joking,” ...
Navigating conflict and disagreements in high school can be challenging for all of us, and it isn’t always clear who is right or wrong. Recently, one student took to the subreddit ...