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- to explain something to a woman in a condescending way that assumes she has no knowledge about the topic Merriam-Webster
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- Being told why you do or don’t like something is commonplace in the mansplaining cannon - Bustle by
- Even women who are famous for their mastery of a domain find themselves being mansplained. - The Conversation by
- Mansplaining may seem like a trivial issue in isolation, but how we communicate tells other people how much or little they are valued. - bbc.com by
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- (detto di un uomo) Spiegare a una donna, con atteggiamento paternalistico, qualcosa di ovvio o persino qualcosa in cui lei è esperta, pensando di saperne sempre e comunque più di lei, oppure che lei non capisca davvero. ilPost - by Helena Caruso
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- Mansplain è una fusione di man e explain. Il termine è stato reso popolare dalla scrittrice Rebecca Solnit nel 2008 in seguito a un’esperienza personale di estremo mansplaining: un tizio le stava spiegando perché considerava importantissimo un libro che aveva letto di recente sul pioniere della fotografia Eadweard Muybridge; peccato che fosse così preso da sé stesso da non realizzare che proprio la Solnit era l’autrice del libro in questione… - Zanichelli by Helena Caruso
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