womansplaining

English

Etymology

Blend of woman +‎ explaining, modelled on mansplaining.

Verb

womansplaining

1. present participle and gerund of womansplain

Noun

womansplaining (uncountable)

1. (informal, derogatory) Condescending explanation of something by a woman, particularly to a man.

   Synonym: femsplaining

   • 2015, Joy Pullmann, quoted by "David C Kifer", Tolerance (on newsgroup alt.quotations)

     The War on Women perpetrators keep trying to tell us that government not funding something equates to government banning something. That must be womansplaining, I guess? Except I’m not willing to have women made out to be idiots. So maybe “liberalsplaining.”

   • 2015, "Chris Davis", quoted by Emily Crane, The moment that left the new Prime Minister scratching his head: Tanya Plibersek accuses Malcolm Turnbull of 'mansplaining' during Question Time… but what does it mean? (in Mail Online) [1]

     Womansplaining: When a woman incorrectly explains something, but you're not allowed to tell her without being accused of mansplaining.

   • 2016, Daniel Peters, “Minister accused of MANSPLAINING by a female senator calls her a 'hypocrite' as boring parliamentary committee hearing turns into a fight about hipster language”, in Mail Online‎^[2]:

     The minister took offence with the accusation, saying he'd be judged much more harshly if the tables were reversed and he accused a woman of womansplaining.

   • 2016, Dan Martin, “Vinyl recap: episode five - the high-end soap that's proving lovably trashy”, in The Guardian‎^[3]:

     Andrea’s righteous womansplaining of Pink Floyd to Richie is worth repeating in full: “Your point-of-sales strategies are archaic. Your marketing makes you look like a vacuum-cleaner company. Dark Side of the Moon doesn’t even have a single on it and it’s a blockbuster! […]

   • 2016, Katelyn Beaty, A Woman's Place: A Christian Vision for Your Calling in the Office, the Home, and the World:

     She offered her own story to warn me about what can happen when a Christian invests too much in her work and too little in finding a spouse. It was a bad case of womansplaining.

   • 2017 December 19, “The Rise Of The 'Feminazis'”, in Youth Ki Awaaz:

     Many men have reported a drastic rise in womansplaining.