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<p>Many men never miss an opportunity to explain how they are intellectually superior&mdash;even when that is not the case.</p><p><a href="https://twitter.com/AbbyCScience" target="_blank">Abby,</a> a PhD student in epidemiology who has without a doubt had the etymology of the word<a href="https://www.someecards.com/news/news/mansplainer-tampon-period-dragged-hell/" target="_blank"> 'epidemiology'</a> explained to her by dozens of men at parties, asked Twitter to share the times a man has attempted to explain something to them that is so profoundly part of their #brand.</p><div class="oembedall-container sec-iframe sec-oembed-iframe"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">What&#39;s the most on brand thing a man has ever explained to you?</p>&mdash; Abby (@AbbyCScience) <a href="https://twitter.com/AbbyCScience/status/1105114505426755586?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 11, 2019</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><div className="ad-splitter"></div><p>Imagine if a dude tried to explain Themyscira to Wonder Woman, grifting to Ivanka Trump, or Twitter to Chrissy Teigen.</p><p>No need to imagine, because these dudes definitely have.</p><p>Here are the mansplaniest mansplaining stories that will make you bang your head on your desk and say, 'ugh, men.'</p><h2>1. Well, how would you know about medical school if you&#39;re no longer in medical school, hmmm?</h2><div class="oembedall-container sec-iframe sec-oembed-iframe"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">How to get into medical school a few years after I graduated.</p>&mdash; Dawn Turner (@drdawnffl) <a href="https://twitter.com/drdawnffl/status/1105661230256193536?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 13, 2019</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><div className="ad-splitter"></div><h3>2. Check yourself before you wreck yourself.</h3><div class="oembedall-container sec-iframe sec-oembed-iframe"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">My fav of all time was a dude who argued my article was wrong by citing another article that I wrote.<br><br>Both articles carried my byline &amp; said the same thing, so it was multiple levels of reading comprehension fail on his part.</p>&mdash; Mika McKinnon (@mikamckinnon) <a href="https://twitter.com/mikamckinnon/status/1105549401861308418?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 12, 2019</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><div className="ad-splitter"></div><h2>3. Just because you wrote the paper doesn&#39;t mean you&#39;ve read the paper.</h2><div class="oembedall-container sec-iframe sec-oembed-iframe"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Gave a seminar and a gentleman in the audience told me that I should really read this paper because it would help me immensely with the topic. It was my paper. 🤦🏻‍♀️</p>&mdash; Candace Williams (@canda007) <a href="https://twitter.com/canda007/status/1105370687361949696?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 12, 2019</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><div className="ad-splitter"></div><h2>4. Exhibit A: Conversations like this.</h2><div class="oembedall-container sec-iframe sec-oembed-iframe"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">“You know, women face a lot of unique challenges when running for office. For one...” 😬 <a href="https://t.co/fok8aPGebi">https://t.co/fok8aPGebi</a></p>&mdash; Amanda Litman (@amandalitman) <a href="https://twitter.com/amandalitman/status/1105840381055459328?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 13, 2019</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><div className="ad-splitter"></div><h2>5. Mamma mia.</h2><div class="oembedall-container sec-iframe sec-oembed-iframe"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Venice. He offered me a tour of Piazza San Marco while stroking my hand he’d captured during a handshake inside *the State Archives of Venice* that require research qualifications to enter. I was standing next to a pile of 15th c. papers I’d ordered. <a href="https://t.co/oMj2cXCdzV">https://t.co/oMj2cXCdzV</a></p>&mdash; Viewer (@PeripateticMe) <a href="https://twitter.com/PeripateticMe/status/1105835926004092928?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 13, 2019</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><div className="ad-splitter"></div><h2>6. Bullseye.</h2><div class="oembedall-container sec-iframe sec-oembed-iframe"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Guy (who hasn&#39;t shot a bow before) tried to explain high level archery techniques to me. Bruh I know, I&#39;ve literally competed in the Olympic archery trials <a href="https://t.co/EuysFu803m">https://t.co/EuysFu803m</a></p>&mdash; Kelly Snyder (@KelOfKells) <a href="https://twitter.com/KelOfKells/status/1105782288988676096?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 13, 2019</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><div className="ad-splitter"></div><h2>7. He definitely heard from porn.</h2><oembed>https://twitter.com/SuzBell3/status/1105656057437798400</oembed><div className="ad-splitter"></div><h2>8. So generous of him.</h2><div class="oembedall-container sec-iframe sec-oembed-iframe"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">A hysterectomy, days after I’d just returned home from the hospital<br><br>Where I’d had a hysterectomy <a href="https://t.co/rG730NhLd6">https://t.co/rG730NhLd6</a></p>&mdash; A 🏳️‍🌈 (@arye927) <a href="https://twitter.com/arye927/status/1105707935831724032?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 13, 2019</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><div className="ad-splitter"></div><h2>9. 'Don&#39;t be sexist.'</h2><div class="oembedall-container sec-iframe sec-oembed-iframe"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">lol I literally just had this one <a href="https://t.co/dktNMGAC5A">pic.twitter.com/dktNMGAC5A</a></p>&mdash; Dr. Teresa Swanson is ANTIFA 🏳️‍🌈 (@SciSwany) <a href="https://twitter.com/SciSwany/status/1105340967672934400?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 12, 2019</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><div className="ad-splitter"></div><h2>10. Who&#39;s the boss?</h2><div class="oembedall-container sec-iframe sec-oembed-iframe"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">A guy *I* contacted for a meeting regarding some software his company developed told me his programming might be &quot;over my head&quot; and they tend to &quot;nerd out&quot; when writing code. I am working on a PhD in software engineering and I have a BS and an MS in software. 🤷</p>&mdash; Hannah 👑 (@hance1dr) <a href="https://twitter.com/hance1dr/status/1105487008737169409?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 12, 2019</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><div className="ad-splitter"></div><h2>11. *chef&#39;s kiss*</h2><div class="oembedall-container sec-iframe sec-oembed-iframe"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Had a guy try to tell me about chimichurri sauce because he’d bought a bottle of it from Trader Joe’s once. I have a degree from Le Cordon Bleu &amp; was an executive chef at the time. <br>I also had another guy try to tell me how to grill meat. I was a Big Green Egg class instructor.</p>&mdash; Katie Wurstner (@maconcakes) <a href="https://twitter.com/maconcakes/status/1105779336051937281?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 13, 2019</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><div className="ad-splitter"></div><h2>12. A meta way to learn.</h2><div class="oembedall-container sec-iframe sec-oembed-iframe"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">A student recently took 20 minutes of class time to carefully explain the purpose of Women’s and Gender Studies to me (I am the chair of a Women’s and Gender Studies department and the professor in his upper division class on...wait for it...Women’s and Gender Studies).</p>&mdash; Traci Brynne Voyles, PhD (@TraciBrynne) <a href="https://twitter.com/TraciBrynne/status/1105836918162374657?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 13, 2019</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><div className="ad-splitter"></div><h2>13. Everything he knows, he knows from <em>Hamilton. </em></h2><div class="oembedall-container sec-iframe sec-oembed-iframe"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">The lead-up to the American Revolution. I&#39;m American (he&#39;s Swedish), and I&#39;m a professional 18th-century historian.</p>&mdash; Beverly Tjerngren 🌊🌊🌊 (@beverlyrevelry) <a href="https://twitter.com/beverlyrevelry/status/1105721506171179010?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 13, 2019</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><div className="ad-splitter"></div><h2>14. She literally wrote the book on it.</h2><div class="oembedall-container sec-iframe sec-oembed-iframe"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">I had a male colleague in one of my previous departments explain to me how midwifery in Ontario really worked. The picture below? Yup, the book I wrote in the topic. <a href="https://t.co/HRdWFOjoYp">pic.twitter.com/HRdWFOjoYp</a></p>&mdash; Dr Ivy “Pay Attn. to Inequity” Bourgeault (@DrIvyBourgeault) <a href="https://twitter.com/DrIvyBourgeault/status/1105805414522740736?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 13, 2019</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><div className="ad-splitter"></div><h2>15. He still knows better; he has a penis.</h2><div class="oembedall-container sec-iframe sec-oembed-iframe"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Unpublished Male Writer: If you really want to get published, you should try to write....<br>Me: I am published. Four times over. But please do tell me the plot of your epic fantasy AGAIN. <a href="https://t.co/3gL4trnWfZ">https://t.co/3gL4trnWfZ</a></p>&mdash; Lauren Morrill 🍕❤️ (@LaurenEMorrill) <a href="https://twitter.com/LaurenEMorrill/status/1105847565470322688?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 13, 2019</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><div className="ad-splitter"></div><h2>16. You shall not pass.</h2><div class="oembedall-container sec-iframe sec-oembed-iframe"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Upon seeing my elvish tattoo, a man once explained to me that JRR Tolkien created a whole language for those movies. My eyes might still be rolling down the PCH <a href="https://t.co/hGpmlnW4kI">https://t.co/hGpmlnW4kI</a></p>&mdash; Caitlin Kleppinger (@littleklep) <a href="https://twitter.com/littleklep/status/1105719703660425221?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 13, 2019</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><div className="ad-splitter"></div><h2>17. I highly doubt he knows what he&#39;s talking about.</h2><div class="oembedall-container sec-iframe sec-oembed-iframe"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">The female orgasm. Just gonna leave this here.</p>&mdash; Is it over yet? (@KatieCLE6) <a href="https://twitter.com/KatieCLE6/status/1105667209911812097?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 13, 2019</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><div className="ad-splitter"></div>

17 stories of mansplaining that you probably wouldn't understand, little lady.

Orli Matlow

Many men never miss an opportunity to explain how they are intellectually superior&mdash;even when that is not the case.Abby, a PhD student in epidemiology who has without a doubt had the etymology of the word 'epidemiology' explained to her by dozens of men at parties, asked Twitter to share the times a man has attempted to explain something to them that is so profoundly part of their #brand.What&#39;s the most on brand thing a man has ever explained to you?&mdash; Abby (@AbbyCScience) March 11, 2019 Imagine if a dude tried to explain Themyscira to Wonder Woman, grifting to Ivanka Trump, or Twitter to Chrissy Teigen.No need to imagine, because these dudes definitely have.Here are the mansplaniest mansplaining stories that will make you bang your head on your desk and say, 'ugh, men.'1. Well, how would you know about medical school if you&#39;re no longer in medical school, hmmm?How to get into medical school a few years after I graduated.&mdash; Dawn Turner (@drdawnffl) March 13, 2019 2. Check yourself before you wreck yourself.My fav of all time was a dude who argued my article was wrong by citing another article that I wrote.Both articles carried my byline &amp; said the same thing, so it was multiple levels of reading comprehension fail on his part.&mdash; Mika McKinnon (@mikamckinnon) March 12, 2019 3. Just because you wrote the paper doesn&#39;t mean you&#39;ve read the paper.Gave a seminar and a gentleman in the audience told me that I should really read this paper because it would help me immensely with the topic. It was my paper. 🤦🏻‍♀️&mdash; Candace Williams (@canda007) March 12, 2019 4. Exhibit A: Conversations like this.“You know, women face a lot of unique challenges when running for office. For one...” 😬 https://t.co/fok8aPGebi&mdash; Amanda Litman (@amandalitman) March 13, 2019 5. Mamma mia.Venice. He offered me a tour of Piazza San Marco while stroking my hand he’d captured during a handshake inside *the State Archives of Venice* that require research qualifications to enter. I was standing next to a pile of 15th c. papers I’d ordered. https://t.co/oMj2cXCdzV&mdash; Viewer (@PeripateticMe) March 13, 2019 6. Bullseye.Guy (who hasn&#39;t shot a bow before) tried to explain high level archery techniques to me. Bruh I know, I&#39;ve literally competed in the Olympic archery trials https://t.co/EuysFu803m&mdash; Kelly Snyder (@KelOfKells) March 13, 2019 7. He definitely heard from porn.https://twitter.com/SuzBell3/status/11056560574377984008. So generous of him.A hysterectomy, days after I’d just returned home from the hospitalWhere I’d had a hysterectomy https://t.co/rG730NhLd6&mdash; A 🏳️‍🌈 (@arye927) March 13, 2019 9. 'Don&#39;t be sexist.'lol I literally just had this one pic.twitter.com/dktNMGAC5A&mdash; Dr. Teresa Swanson is ANTIFA 🏳️‍🌈 (@SciSwany) March 12, 2019 10. Who&#39;s the boss?A guy *I* contacted for a meeting regarding some software his company developed told me his programming might be &quot;over my head&quot; and they tend to &quot;nerd out&quot; when writing code. I am working on a PhD in software engineering and I have a BS and an MS in software. 🤷&mdash; Hannah 👑 (@hance1dr) March 12, 2019 11. *chef&#39;s kiss*Had a guy try to tell me about chimichurri sauce because he’d bought a bottle of it from Trader Joe’s once. I have a degree from Le Cordon Bleu &amp; was an executive chef at the time. I also had another guy try to tell me how to grill meat. I was a Big Green Egg class instructor.&mdash; Katie Wurstner (@maconcakes) March 13, 2019 12. A meta way to learn.A student recently took 20 minutes of class time to carefully explain the purpose of Women’s and Gender Studies to me (I am the chair of a Women’s and Gender Studies department and the professor in his upper division class on...wait for it...Women’s and Gender Studies).&mdash; Traci Brynne Voyles, PhD (@TraciBrynne) March 13, 2019 13. Everything he knows, he knows from Hamilton. The lead-up to the American Revolution. I&#39;m American (he&#39;s Swedish), and I&#39;m a professional 18th-century historian.&mdash; Beverly Tjerngren 🌊🌊🌊 (@beverlyrevelry) March 13, 2019 14. She literally wrote the book on it.I had a male colleague in one of my previous departments explain to me how midwifery in Ontario really worked. The picture below? Yup, the book I wrote in the topic. pic.twitter.com/HRdWFOjoYp&mdash; Dr Ivy “Pay Attn. to Inequity” Bourgeault (@DrIvyBourgeault) March 13, 2019 15. He still knows better; he has a penis.Unpublished Male Writer: If you really want to get published, you should try to write....Me: I am published. Four times over. But please do tell me the plot of your epic fantasy AGAIN. https://t.co/3gL4trnWfZ&mdash; Lauren Morrill 🍕❤️ (@LaurenEMorrill) March 13, 2019 16. You shall not pass.Upon seeing my elvish tattoo, a man once explained to me that JRR Tolkien created a whole language for those movies. My eyes might still be rolling down the PCH https://t.co/hGpmlnW4kI&mdash; Caitlin Kleppinger (@littleklep) March 13, 2019 17. I highly doubt he knows what he&#39;s talking about.The female orgasm. Just gonna leave this here.&mdash; Is it over yet? (@KatieCLE6) March 13, 2019 

Many men never miss an opportunity to explain how they are intellectually superior&mdash;even when that is not the case.  Abby, a PhD student in epidemiology who has without a doubt had the etymology of the word 'epidemiology' explained to...