drethelin comments on LW Women Submissions: On Misogyny - Less Wrong

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Comment author: NancyLebovitz 12 April 2013 02:01:06AM 21 points [-]

In addition, I think the use of "mansplaining" as a signal that just about anything a man can say will be unwelcome. It's a way of eliminating relevant input, and is more likely to silence men who care about behaving well than those who don't care.

I think badly of anyone who uses the word as a straightforward description.

Comment author: drethelin 12 April 2013 02:29:05AM 7 points [-]

This is what I hear as a man when someone uses the word mansplaining. I don't like being implicitly told that anything I say or think is irrelevant and will be ignored.