Never mind mansplaining, here are five other manisms that we need to talk about

TracyMorganFreeman · 2022-01-11T01:03:10+00:00

It's always amusing that so manywomen think men are not qualified to talk about women-except to repeat what a woman has already said-but also think themselves qualified to speak for men.

WeEatBabies · 2022-01-10T20:25:41+00:00

Paywall, does any1 have the list?

bottleblank · 2022-01-11T05:17:07+00:00

Agree with others that this is generic sexist nonsense, for the following reasons:

Mansplaining: Women do this too, people do this, it's called being condescending, and it's not male-specific. It's only given a male prefix because it's a more targeted stick to beat men with that way. We already had gender-neutral words for it, use those instead. She even adds examples of where such input is beneficial, even if presented in patterns of speech that women might tend not to use.

Manreporting: Ok? So we're not very good at gossiping, that's not a fundamental flaw of male behaviour. What business is it of yours anyway? It's their date, in the example, it's not for you or me to know the gory details, "he" (or indeed "she") who went on the date will tell you directly what happened, if they wish.

Mansharing: In my experience that's not true, I have male friends who are willing to talk personally and emotionally, perhaps not as extensively as women, but it's not as though we don't do it at all. Even if it were, we just have different approaches to feeling better when we're struggling, simple male companionship and sharing activities improves our sense of wellbeing and provides us an enjoyable counterbalance to the negativity we've experienced.

Manlooking: Come on, really? "Incredible"? It's a trick of the mind which can happen to anybody, called "perceptual blindness", in which we expect not to see something and so we don't see it, or are so distracted by something else going on that our mind is busy processing that and not looking for something else.

Manwatching: People have different interests and capabilities for remembering specific details about certain media, so what? Do you, Ms. Watson, remember football statistics, the horsepower of a car, or the specifications of the parts inside your computer? No, because you're not interested in them, or at least not sufficiently interested to deem them important or relevant enough to remember. That's fine, that's you, but don't expect men to be any different.

Mandieting: This one takes the, uh, cake, so to speak. You're suggesting that women have never obsessed over caloric intake or the quantity of certain foods they eat? Diets, whether genuinely effective and medically approved or dangerous fads, have been primarily targeted at women for years. Decades, even. Diet clubs, womens' magazines, specific products, the whole shebang. To pretend that many women haven't been concerned about being overweight, even when they weren't, would be complete horsecrap, there has even been (quite reasonable) pushback about the fact that women are expected to fit into size-nothing clothing to be considered attractive. So very much not a thing that men exclusively do. Even if it were more of an issue for men, as you seem to imply, where's that same compassion and pushback against unreasonable body image expectations for men?

(Note: I'd also add that losing weight, for men and women, is not necessarily an unhealthy thing to do, sometimes it is medically beneficial or even important, if you're already overweight, and that shouldn't be shamed. But doing so to an obsessive and pedantic degree is potentially problematic, for both men and women, so have a little heart and consider the potential that they might be sinking into some kind of body image or eating disorder, if they're already a healthy weight.)

auMatech · 2022-01-10T22:50:58+00:00

And another thing about mansplaining is it is gender neutral: mansplainer is just another word for tone deaf bore, and you don’t have to be a man to excel at that.

Huh? If its gender neutral, why is it called mansplaining, and why is the description basically "when a man condescendingly talks to a woman"? Prime example of a sanitisation attempt of a misandrist term. It's not gender neutral, it's hateful towards men, and it's hypocritical since it employs the same condescending dismissal that the term claims.

Anyway, since we’re on the subject of men’s shortcomings, might as well run through a few that are particular to the male sex and that could do with addressing.

So basically this article is just man bashing. Next!

Billsplacenta · 2022-01-10T18:47:49+00:00

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throwaway67575753 · 2022-01-10T22:59:24+00:00

Oof. The worst of days is the day men discovered that pak choi is practically air, beanshoots are almost zero calories and substantial stir fries, if basically tasteless, are 700 calories and therefore good for fasting days. No woman knows the calories in a tiny squirt of chilli sauce. Men do.

Objectively false, I don't watch my calories.

You won’t catch a man missing a knock on in rugby, or the part where Paul McCartney talks about getting the piccolo player to hit the impossibly high note on The Fool on the Hill. And yet, have you noticed, if you’re watching, say, The Lost Daughter and ask them to confirm what X said to Y they will have absolutely no idea? They may even say, who is X? A lot of manwatching is barely watching at best

So this implies that when engaging in anything female-centric that men don't pay attention to what's occurring on the basis that it doesn't appeal to the man? Honestly considering what I read is female-centric and what I watch varies I don't see where this comes from. If you wanna play that game women do the same with sports.

Incredible this one. They say “It’s not there” but it always is – they just can’t see it. Reasons for this are threefold:

1.Not moving stuff eg the gherkin jar.

2.Rushing it because they consider looking for things to be idiot’s work.

3.When finally they resort to moving stuff, scrabbling impatiently and instantly recovering the momentarily uncovered, looked for item.

This again implies that men only do this, and for that matter, this is just disgusting to me because these for the most part these are normal human things that people do.

Get three male friends together – one whose dog has just been put down, one whose wife has filed for divorce and one who has recently lost his job – and it’s guaranteed they will not mention any of the above. Maybe one will say “here’s to making better choices/Bumble”, but that’s it.

FALSE. If you got good best friends most of them share that shit consistently. Probably the farthest beyond the mark I've read yet.

Us: “So what did he say?” Him: “Oh…I think…it went fine.” This is the aftermath of a date between two friends we hoped would hit it off. In these circumstances a woman would file a report, Linda Tripp style. A woman would not need a voice recorder she would remember every single word and gesture and how often he looked out of the window.

If you need a recorder to go on a date because you feel insecure why the fuck are you dating people in general? I don't get it.

None of these are male-centric things that only men do, and even some of these hit far off the mark. This is what people are paid to write?

ZimbaZumba · 2022-01-11T08:18:35+00:00

I do not think this is a serious article. It is just clickbait to get a reaction. Don't react to it.

SweatyAdvance · 2022-01-10T18:46:04+00:00

Yes more man hating bullshit, why post this?

TendieDinner777 · 2022-01-11T03:31:38+00:00

Wow, all I needed was a sex change and hate in my heart and I could have spewed enough garbage for my editor to pour onto this rag of a publication.

AgincourtSalute · 2022-01-11T10:01:39+00:00

So a woman writes an article telling men how they aught to behave and speak, and uses ‘mansplaining’ in the title. I’m not sure about you guys, but I’m very tired of having people ‘femsplain’ to me how I should act. On the subject of being a man, I think men are probably the experts here.

LettuceBeGrateful · 2022-01-11T00:09:47+00:00

This seems more tongue-in-cheek to me than serious. It's the reverse of making fun of women for taking forever to get ready for a night out.

AcidKritana · 2022-01-11T00:43:54+00:00

The title is making me lose more braincells than I thought were possible.

daniellederek · 2022-01-11T18:32:53+00:00

Honestly. Just stop any interaction that doesn't see yourself benefit in a quantifiable way. If they need something that another man charges money for stop robbing him of the opportunity. No good deed goes unpunished.

Training_Position642 · 2022-01-13T01:25:40+00:00

So is this all gonna result in a worldwide war between the sexes and if it does i would like it to be just hand to hand combat no overkill of military resources lol. How long do you think a gender war worldwide would last, what societies if any would go into hiding lol

SweatyAdvance · 2022-01-10T22:04:00+00:00

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Title	Never mind mansplaining, here are five other manisms that we need to talk about
Author	PortentousPlot
Upvotes	54
Comments	51
Date	January 10, 2022 6:06 PM UTC (4 years ago)
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