Mansplaining = commisseration + condescension Ironically, I learned valuable psychological hacks from manspreading: When you feel down, spread yourself out and

Mansplaining = commisseration + condescension Ironically, I learned valuable psychological hacks from manspreading: When you feel down, spread yourself out and take up a bunch of space. It's really empowering! > The goal should be to empower women, not degrade men. Yes, but - Mansplaining is meant to point out situations when men are degrading women. So it's not about degrading men, it's about degrading assholes, although yeah, the term is inherently gender'd.