5 Best Examples of “Mansplaining” With Context

Mansplaining is when a man explains something to a woman that she already knows in a patronizing way, and he does so because he believes she, as a woman, wouldn’t understand.

Women on an online forum came together to share their most irritating interactions with mansplainers to show the internet that mansplaining is a real and prevalent problem women face daily.

What Happens?

After a terrible car accident, a woman was left with many injuries after a terrible car accident, including a dislocated knee joint. On searching for a surgeon to repair the knee joint, the woman came across a male doctor who refused to believe she even dislocated her knee joint.

1. Knee Injury

A female animal control officer shares that after receiving a call to free a squirrel from a trap, she arrived at a man’s garage and devised a simple plan to release the squirrel using her expertise.

2. Animal Control

After attempting a bumpy descent on a flight to Dubrovnik, Croatia, the pilot postponed the landing and instead went to wait at another airport until weather conditions cleared up. When the female pilot left the pit to explain the issue, some men on the plane were tired of waiting.

3. Bumpy Flight

Women can’t escape mansplaining even when it comes to giving birth. When one woman, pregnant with her sixth child, took a bath, her water broke, and her husband rushed her to the hospital. But when they arrived, the doctor told the couple that the woman’s water didn’t break at all. It was just the bathwater, he argued.

4. Giving Birth

“I am a female mechanic,” shares one user, “and I have 15 years of experience. I’m fully certified through multiple governing bodies and currently lead my company’s busiest shop in the metro Atlanta area.” When a car with some issues that other mechanics couldn’t fix came into her shop, she took the job herself and got to the bottom of the issue.

5. Replacing Car Parts

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