Hey, Fellow Guys, Please Don’t Try to [Re-]Claim the Word “Mansplain”

I noticed this yesterday (h/t Lynn):


Followed by this:

I can’t say for certain whether Mr. McCormack intended to use the word “mansplain” in any sort of ironic way, if he was trying to “reclaim” the word for us dudes, or if, as Ms. Marttila posits, he just had no idea. Of those three choices, his prior writings incline me to think it’s the third option.

Speaking as a guy, “mansplain” is not our word to claim—and it was never ours, so we can’t reclaim it, either.

There are some aspects of public discourse that men should not dominate. Let’s all get over ourselves, shall we?

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