I think that the reason men are so adamantly against the use of this word is not because it's counter productive. It is because men have suddenly realized that women must put every man in the category of potential abuser. They did not know this but deep down understand why. Since the more enlightened cannot push back on this without looking like jerks, they use 'mansplaining' as a surrogate.
hey, you asked me a question. did you not want an answer?
I named this phenomena Male Answer Syndrome, or MAS, back in the Grunge Era. Men are compelled to make sense out of chaos, particularly when trying to answer a question a woman asked. Even if you don't know, you have to come up with a plausible explanation, or The Woman Might Be Disappointed In You. Yes, it goes back to Mommy.
I've also coined Female Tag Inversion, or FTI, for the phenomena of clothing tags sticking up out of their tops.
I named this phenomena Male Answer Syndrome, or MAS, back in the Grunge Era. Men are compelled to make sense out of chaos, particularly when trying to answer a question a woman asked. Even if you don't know, you have to come up with a plausible explanation, or The Woman Might Be Disappointed In You. Yes, it goes back to Mommy.
I've also coined Female Tag Inversion, or FTI, for the phenomena of clothing tags sticking up out of their tops.
Feel free to use either.
"Women Tell Me How They Feel And Ask Me How I Feel"
It should be out in July.
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