I usually hear it when a man tries to tell women about women's issues, why they're wrong, what they should actually feel, what women actually deal with etc etc. He acts like he knows more about what women deal with than the woman he talks to. Usually there is condescension and acting like the woman is a child who doesn't know better.



But yeah, this applies when a dude assumes a woman knows less about something because she is a woman, and he doesn't listen to her even if she tries to tell him she already knows. It'd be like explaining to a female mechanic how transmissions work even though you've maybe helped your uncle with his car once. Sometimes the dudes get pissy that their "help" is rejected because he's just trying to help!



I've personally never used the term before. I think it simplifies things too much. I'd more likely use it around someone who knows what it means to simplify a conversation.