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Have you ever experienced mansplaining before? if so how did you deal with it? (self.womensstuff)

submitted 2 months ago by frenchfryenjoyer to c/womensstuff@piefed.blahaj.zone

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[–] jawa22@lemmy.blahaj.zone 11 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I am in a field that is more than male dominated. Maybe half a percent of people doing what I do are women and it can be rather technical at times (I am a machinist), so it is impossible for me to count how many times I have experienced it.

Depending on intent and tone, the response varies. A few of my favorites:

Blaring "Baby Shark" over their voice.
A condescending "That's nice"
Explaining the issue back to them in more detail than they could manage
Just walking away

[–] ZDL@lazysoci.al 5 points 2 months ago

I just adopt that last one these days. Walk away. Ignore them.