Fellas, fellas, fellas…
Some of you are really making the rest of us men look bad with something you do that drives the ladies crazy…and I’m not talking about in a good way.
I’m talking about when you mansplain things to women that are totally unnecessary, and, if we’re being honest, kind of insulting.
So guys, pay attention to what you’re about to see.
Women took to Twitter to share their stories of instances when guys have mansplained something to them.
1. I WORK IN A LAB.
And you don’t…
My boyfriend tried to explain me the difference between lab glassware and regular glassware. (Lab glassware is made from borosilicate glass and more resistant to sudden temperature changes blabla..)
My job involves lab work. He works in IT
— Rina, aber in müde und wütend (@EosinY) August 2, 2020
2. C’mon, guys…
Not cool.
Fiancé and his brother tried to mansplain bra sizing to me. No, just no. ?
— Tiffany J Sinclair, MD (@thefancysurgeon) August 2, 2020
3. What a jerk.
Sounds like a real treat.
a guy tried explaining my own eating disorder to me then told me since i didn’t have a common symptom he had heard of and didn’t even try to research it that i was an attention seeking wannabe white girl—
— supernova._nadi?? (@Uh_nadira) August 2, 2020
4. I can’t skate…
Exactly the point.
I had a minor hockey dad try to explain my own hockey drill to me and how it could be better. He even pulled up a video on YouTube on his phone to ‘teach me.’ I said ‘Jay, why don’t you put on the skates and come out and show us?’ Him: ‘I can’t skate.’ Ya. Take 17 seats Jay.
— ??Canadian Beaver?? (@CanadianBeave13) August 1, 2020
5. Here’s how it works.
That’s embarrassing.
I was helping a freind with her rummage sale, and there was a table full of tools. One guy came up to me and patiently explained to me what a tool was, what it was for, and how it works.
I didnt have the heart to tell him my grandfather designed it.— ?Auntie Social? (@TraciGrrl) August 1, 2020
6. Hahaha. What?!?!
So weird…
Had a random man explain to me how the airplane tray (the one on the seat in front of you) worked. I had been on well over 100 airplanes by that point.
— real live mom (@reallivemom) August 1, 2020
7. A real dummy.
Don’t go there!
I’m an RN. A male RN argued with me that Foley catheters go in the vagina (they go in the urethra). Repeat: a grown man and registered nurse argued about female anatomy with me and two other female RNs.
— Krysti should be writing (@krystiwrites) August 1, 2020
8. That’s just weird.
And rude…
My own name. Literally. A work colleague tried to argue with me about the spelling and pronunciation of my own name. It was…truly out of this world.
— Anjaaa (@AnjaMicevic) August 2, 2020
9. Terrible excuse.
I hope you didn’t let him off the hook for this one.
My husband told me I had an easy birth. Wasn’t in the room when the nurse broke my waters because the site of the epidural needle in my back made him feel faint. His excuse was he hadn’t eaten all morning. ?
— Annmarie Meyer (@AnnmarieGB2US) August 2, 2020
10. You should have left him then.
What a jack*ss.
When I pointed out to my then husband that the tower he was constructing for the play set for our daughter was upside down he said “you go in the house and do what you know how to do”. Three hrs later he was taking it apart. Two years later we were divorced.
— Sandi J Campbell (@SandiJCampbell) August 1, 2020
11. What is this bubbling liquid?
Tell me your secrets!
My husband said to me, the woman who worked as a short order cook for 3 years, “Hey do you know the water is boiling on the stove?”, as if I’d not put it there on purpose, or that he thought I couldn’t identify the mystery of this bubbling liquid. I told him to leave the kitchen.
— Felicity “The Muscle” Ward (@felicityward) August 3, 2020
12. Don’t lie to me.
And don’t BS me.
National Science Foundation tried to mansplain to me why I was not really earning 3/4 of my males coworker’s salary for the exact same job, even though I was earning 3/4 of my males coworker’s salary for the exact same job.
I could reply to this tweet with EVERY job I’ve had.
— Susan (@SativaSue4U) August 1, 2020
Have you ever been mansplained to before?
If so, tell us your stories in the comments.
We can’t wait to hear your stories!