In 2008, American writer Rebecca Solnit wrote the essay 'Men Explain Things To Me'.

In it she chartered the dangerous phenomenon of men effectively silencing women through the assumption that they know better. The experience has since come to be known as 'mansplaining', finally giving women a specific word that adequately explains how they are often spoken down to by men.

On Wednesday, PHD student Nicole Froio from York, UK sent out a request to the women of Twitter asking them to explain the worst case of mansplaining that had happened to them.

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Quote this tweet with the most obvious thing a man has ever mansplained to you. — feminist killjoy nicole (@NicoleFroio) May 16, 2017

Thankfully (or tragically, depending on how you look at things), Froio's curiosity was rewarded with women responding in droves to give their hilarious and somewhat depressing accounts of 'mansplaining'.

There was the deeply ironic:

There were a lot of examples of women being explained how to do their job:

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How to adjust copper pricing after 20 years in the biz. Just bc you're new doesn't mean I am. — lara (@cuwire) May 17, 2017

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I'm a geologist. I had a marketing guy mansplain that oil is the lubricant for tectonic plates & removing it is causing less earthquakes 🙄🤦🤦 — Yo-Jo (@notcreative_meh) May 17, 2017

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1. I was auditing diesel emission compliance strategy. Was given 101 class on history of regs. Asked for documentation on his strategy. — PIP N9NE (@Pippsta) May 17, 2017

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2. Was told he needed me to understand the background before he could explain his strategy. I'm here to audit you... I know the background. — PIP N9NE (@Pippsta) May 17, 2017

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How the life cycle of a butterfly works.



I work in a butterfly house & have a degree in biology. — the magpie (@punkvenus) May 18, 2017

There were some good ones about explaining languages and countries to native/proficient speakers:

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How to travel in Italy and what the weather is like in summer. Sono Italiano, io parlo Italiano, anche mia famiglia abita in Italia. — Ariana Sigel (@arianasigel) May 17, 2017

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Dude tried to tell me what life is like in France based on a week there. He doesn't speak French. I do, fluently, & lived there for years. — Firemark (@CassFiremark) May 17, 2017

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I had someone try to explain the political history of my home country to me. He'd read an article in a magazine — Sam S (@EmCatMom) May 17, 2017

Then there were ones that make you question how men think woman can actually function as humans in the world:

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I told our computer tech I'd turned the computer off and back on, so then he 'explained' that the power button was silver. He got an earful! — Sadie Jay (@ransan82) May 17, 2017

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“@NicoleFroio: Quote this tweet with the most obvious thing a man has ever mansplained to you.” basic concept of surfing while I was surfing — Dr. Jessica Carilli (@jess_carilli) May 18, 2017

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How to pronounce my name. :/ — Anindita Debnath Nair (@PartTimeCook) May 17, 2017

Then there explanations about stuff us women probably have reason to be a little more clued up about than men:

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What menopause is like during my third year of menopause. — Ana Elizabeth (@IyadaStorm) May 18, 2017

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When a man explained to me that childbirth was no different than pooping. — Belinda McBride 🌊 (@Belinda_McBride) May 17, 2017

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A male ob/gyn told me that if I focussed harder on my work or picked up an interesting hobby my menstrual cramps wouldn't bother me so much. — Kimberly #BlackLivesMatter 👟 Willardson (@kimberrry) May 18, 2017

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Childbirth. Twice. Two different men tried to tell me 1) that I was a whiny child for wanting painkillers (c) — An itemized list of 30 years of different cheeses (@Frito_KAL) May 17, 2017

Bizarrely, there were also ones referring to Irish heritage:

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My heritage. Argued I had Irish roots(I don't). Stormed off when I didn't agree insisting he was right. Weirdest mansplain ever — Barnascombe (@MyFriendFrankl) May 17, 2017

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He got legit mad. Banged fist on table. Red in face. I have blue eyes & freckles so proof positive apparently. Bizarre — Barnascombe (@MyFriendFrankl) May 17, 2017

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I had the same thing happen! Green eyes, freckles. 100% Eastern European. He didn't get mad, but boy was he insistent. — Not On Fire (@QueenKika) May 17, 2017

Oh, and then there were experiences of women being underestimated when it comes to D.I.Y and enginering:

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I rebuilt this beautiful 1977 Ford truck. Not only have I had several men stop and ask if I needed help when I was just working on it... pic.twitter.com/J1c4QkC9Ed — Lauren Wagner (@lifebylauren) May 17, 2017

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But I have had several mechanics mansplain about my truck being rare & one even tried to tell me I needed parts that I had just replace. — Lauren Wagner (@lifebylauren) May 17, 2017

If we're not laughing we might as well weep because this is depressing as hell.

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