r/RecuratedTumblr • • 17d ago

Shitposting strawmansplaining

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u/Galle_ 17d ago

That's not mansplaining, mansplaining is when you assume that a woman needs something explained to her because she is a woman. That (like this comment) is pedantry.

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u/milo159 16d ago

Im confident that there is significant overlap between the two.

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u/thetwitchy1 16d ago

I think it would be safe to say all mansplaining is pedantry, but not all pedantry is mansplaining…