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Mansplaining it’s one of life’sstrange experiences that only women can understand.
After her friend repeated at least three times to “Mr.
Very Important” that Solnit herself had penned the book, finally the information sank in.
Theologian Lyman Abbott penned the 1903 piece explaining how women didn’t actually want suffrage.
Abbott claimed to speak for all the “silent women.”
And the patronizing behavior is not unique to North America.
It’s about interrogating that, rather than blaming men," she said.
She said, “Correcting someone is an inherently hierarchical act.
It’s saying ‘You’re wrong; I’m right.’
Jumping in when he’s mistaken or less expert is inverting the gender hierarchy.”
Much of the advice is also useful fordealing with mean people.
Did she express some desire to have this information imparted to her?
Do I know this?
Is she more expert than I am?
Might she be asking a merely rhetorical question?"
The flowchart starts with “Did she ask you to explain it?”
