Ladies, we’ve all been there – we’ve all had some dude mansplain (when a man explains something to someone, typically a woman, in a manner regarded as condescending or patronizing.) Buzzfeed recently asked women to share their worst mansplaining experiences and unfortunately, they were able to deliver some truly infuriating stories. Here are 10 that will make you want to scream…or at least roll your eyes:
- How to pronounce her own last name. A guy told me the pronunciation of my last name was wrong. My own damn name.
- Her own essay. I was in a college course and this guy tried to mansplain my own essay to me. My. Own. Essay.
- Mansplaining. I’ve had a man try to explain mansplaining to me after I told him he was mansplaining.
- How C-sections work. I had a man tell me that having a C-section was the easy way out. Then he told me race car driving was hard because “you can get really hot in there.”
- Where national parks are. My boyfriend at the time vehemently disagreed with me that Yosemite National Park was in California and insisted it was in Wyoming even though he’d never been there and I had.
- Tampons. My brother-in-law once tried to tell me which tampons were the best to buy, and which bras were the most comfortable. As if he had any personal experience to form his well-thought-out opinion! His arguments were based on his sisters’ and girlfriends’ preferences.
- How to build a robot. This guy (incorrectly) tried to tell me how to follow blueprints to construct a simple robot, and the teacher took his side. Meanwhile, I’d been in an engineering program for four years. The guy dropped it after one.
- How the military functions. I once got mansplained about how the military works–while I was in the military for four years. Oh, and him? He had joined but voluntary released after a month because he couldn’t pass basic training. Cool.
- How menstrual cycles are supposed to operate. My boyfriend tried to explain my menstrual cycle to me. He insisted periods happen every 3 weeks and if I got them every 28 days something is wrong with me.
- How transitioning works. My colleague explained to me how “the sex change” works. I’m transitioning.