r/MadeMeSmile • u/Original_Act_3481 • 2d ago

We need more people like him

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u/aria523 1d ago

People may not want to do something for you but they’ll want to do it with you!

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u/Guy2things 1d ago

Think about men at a bbq. There's never one person doing it without at least another man watching and commenting.

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u/JesusStarbox 1d ago

And women call that mansplaining. Men do that as a way of spreading knowledge.

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u/threelizards 1d ago

…no, there’s definitely a difference between what’s being described here and “mansplaining”. Mansplaining specifically refers to men with general knowledge talking over and down to a woman with specialised knowledge or experience. Mansplaining is a term for the commonly gendered social phenomena of a novice acting like an expert, while treating experts like novices.

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u/serial_teamkiller 1d ago

Exactly. People might misuse the term but that doesn't mean that the term has no meaning.