Hahah, thank you.
Mansplaining is a tendency of some men to assume they know more about a given topic than a woman and, without being asked, invite themselves to try to explain something to you. They usually think they’re being helpful or they’re trying to show off, but the effort just comes off as condescending, annoying, etc.
For instance, I was standing at an elevator in a building on campus and another grad student literally said to me, “if you push the down button, it’ll take you to the ground floor.”
- Yeah, asshole, I know how an elevator works.
- No, asshole, I didn’t ask you to explain it to me.