Women Are Sharing The Most Infuriating Cases Of 'Mansplaining' They've Experienced

Prepare to feel your blood boil.

When a man explains something to a woman because he doesn’t think her tiny female brain can quite understand it, that’s “mansplaining” - and it’s patronising as hell.

On Twitter, women are sharing the most infuriating mansplaining experiences they’ve ever encountered after BuzzFeed writer Tracy Clayton asked to hear their stories.

From the insulting to the downright ludicrous, here are just a few of their tales.

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@lizzieohreally @biocuriosity @brokeymcpoverty once a man tried to explain an article to me. An article I wrote.

— Olivia Nuzzi (@Olivianuzzi) March 21, 2017

@cynjaninja @brokeymcpoverty english man explained to me how to pronounce name of town in Ireland I am from, said I been pronouncing wrong!

— Karen Griffiths (@Drkgriff) March 22, 2017

@brokeymcpoverty I've had men try to explain supply and demand to me. I have a Masters in economics.

— Julie Fauble (@JulieFauble) March 22, 2017

@brokeymcpoverty I had a man explain to me what it was like to be a woman in the workplace.

— cynja (@cynjaninja) March 22, 2017

@brokeymcpoverty The number of men who have explained to me how the television and movie businesses work is literally too large to count.

— Linda Holmes (@nprmonkeysee) March 21, 2017

@brokeymcpoverty Last week a man took time to school me on how I should and should not respond to demeaning sexist attacks. I was ever so grateful. pic.twitter.com/wxzoSdMhG0

— Kathleen Smith (@KikkiPlanet) March 21, 2017

@brokeymcpoverty dude in workshop tried to tell me my description of orgasm was "gratuitous" because women's orgasms don't work like that 🙃

— Rachel Charlene (@RachelCharleneL) March 21, 2017

@brokeymcpoverty the wage gap

— Garrett (@aceisnaughty) March 22, 2017

@brokeymcpoverty birth control/abortion.

— AliciaMelville-Smith (@alicia_ms) March 21, 2017

@brokeymcpoverty A ton, but my fave: I posted that I'd had a great baba ghanoush, man replied "Baba ghanoush is a paste made of eggplant."

— Moose Garrett (@tweetsforjackie) March 21, 2017
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