11-30-2018, 02:03 AM
Examples of times where I have been "Man-Splained" to:
1. I was working at a vehicle inspection place and I had to ask a male customer to open the hood of his vehicle so I could hook to his battery. He then says, "The positive is on the right hand side" So I looked at him and in my best valley girl voice said, "Is that the one with the big red plus on it?" And then I smiled. He laughed and said, "Oh I guess I don't have to tell you how to do your job." I laughed also. (I don't really take offense to these sort of things-they amuse the heck out of me!
2. This last weekend I hit a deer while driving home for Thanksgiving. I had driven a slight ways past it and was no longer in sight of the deer. A motorist pulled over and when I told him what happened he asked, "Was it a doe or a buck?" I stared at him blankly because that bit of information did not matter to MY predicament-he was only asking for his benefit. HE THEN PROCEEDS TO HOLD HIS HANDS ABOVE HIS HEAD, mimicking antlers and says, "A buck has antlers"
Again-I can chuckle at having this conversation on the side of the road. He did help me move my vehicle and I was grateful that he stopped.
1. I was working at a vehicle inspection place and I had to ask a male customer to open the hood of his vehicle so I could hook to his battery. He then says, "The positive is on the right hand side" So I looked at him and in my best valley girl voice said, "Is that the one with the big red plus on it?" And then I smiled. He laughed and said, "Oh I guess I don't have to tell you how to do your job." I laughed also. (I don't really take offense to these sort of things-they amuse the heck out of me!
2. This last weekend I hit a deer while driving home for Thanksgiving. I had driven a slight ways past it and was no longer in sight of the deer. A motorist pulled over and when I told him what happened he asked, "Was it a doe or a buck?" I stared at him blankly because that bit of information did not matter to MY predicament-he was only asking for his benefit. HE THEN PROCEEDS TO HOLD HIS HANDS ABOVE HIS HEAD, mimicking antlers and says, "A buck has antlers"
Again-I can chuckle at having this conversation on the side of the road. He did help me move my vehicle and I was grateful that he stopped.
To be a feminist is simply to believe that everybody should be treated equally, regardless of sex. It means you think that there should be equality of the sexes economically, socially, politically and personally. When you put it like that, it’s surely difficult for anybody to deny being a feminist. But for such a simple concept, it is often dramatically misunderstood.