What is mansplaining?
Do you really know? 
About this episode
Have you ever noticed a man explaining something to a woman in a supremely confident way which suggests he absolutely knows more than her about the subject? Well, there’s a term for that, which is mansplaining. A recent thread on parenting forum Mumsnet invited women to share their worst examples of mansplaining. Among them were patronising explanations of the offside rule, a gas man telling a qualified engineer to wait for her partner to get home so he could tell him how to fix the boiler rather than her and a male doctor telling a pregnant woman not to worry as C-sections aren’t painful! How long has mansplaining been around? Why do men do this then? Are they really all that bad? In under 3 minutes, we answer your questions! To listen to the last episodes, you can click here: How can you avoid bed bugs when you travel? What is microwork? How does pollution affect my mental health? A podcast written and realised by Joseph Chance. First broadcast: 19/07/2021 In partnership with upday UK. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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