MephistophelesApprentice Thu 05-Mar-15 15:00:05

Femsplaining is very real, as is mansplaining.



Mansplaining is when a man is convinced he knows more about a particular subject than a woman due to being a man and talks over her. It's particularly bad when it relates to areas that can be said to belong to women, such as the life experience of women in society.



But feminists do do this as well, particularly when they claim to understand mens' motives or perspectives and usually do so in a particularly negative manner. While in wider society mens' voices are traditionally dominant, and therefore should endeavour to avoid talking over women, in discussion of gender issues the problem is reversed.



Feminism claims to be the only valid format for the pursuit of gender equality. It brooks no competition and actively derides and abhors any suggestion of an alternative. This narrative has become widely accepted, so when feminists claim to 'understand' mens' motives or perspectives and reject or ignore any man who disagrees then that is femsplaining.



Excellent case in point: www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2015/mar/05/men-urinate-street-hamburg-residents-urine



An article by a feminist writer about public urination and identifying the major source as being men. Perhaps true - but it is in the assumption of motives that the problem arises. While she admits that she and other female companions had engaged in public urination only out of desperation, she claims that men only do so out of laziness. She has no basis or insight to support or such an assumption, but in the context of a discussion on gender rights she believes that she can.