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Can we please keep gender warfare off HN? (or at least when it has nothing to do with the story/discussion)
by zizee 5y ago
Can we please keep gender warfare off HN? (or at least when it has nothing to do with the story/discussion)
- C19is20 5y agoIsn't "mansplaining" nowadays so far gone that, as a word, it has become gender-neutral and is used instead of "condescending".
- ranguna 5y agoI'd say: no.
- bumblelad 5y agoNo. It's literally got the word 'man' in it. Nothing gender neutral about that. Please stop and don't encourage this kind of behavior.
- StavrosK 5y agoThe sentence would have worked just as well with "being condescending" in place of "mansplaining". To me, mansplaining has clear gender overtones.
- gruez 5y agoI literally never heard of it used in a women-explaining context.
- arbitrage 5y agoI use "womansplaining" or "ladysplaining" when i'm talking with other women, sometimes.