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minus-squareyermaw@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6arrow-down10·1 day agoIs there a better term for it? I feel like mansplaining as a word is similar to feminism as a word. It has assumption of gender rooted into it but its gone past that at this point.
minus-squareNelots@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down4·edit-21 day ago but its gone past that at this point Maybe it shouldn’t. I doubt people would like the word feminism being used if it inherently painted women as sexist.
minus-squareyermaw@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down1·1 day agoLots of people going for the downvote button but still no better word for the concept has come up. Which is a shame. I was hoping to find a word where you could use the meaning without the topic suddenly changing to sexism.
minus-squaretheneverfox@pawb.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·17 hours agoThere genuinely isn’t a word, beyond maybe being patronizing At least not in common English
minus-squareElectricd@lemmybefree.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·edit-212 hours agohttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ne_supra_crepidam Would Latin work? 😵
Is there a better term for it?
I feel like mansplaining as a word is similar to feminism as a word. It has assumption of gender rooted into it but its gone past that at this point.
Maybe it shouldn’t. I doubt people would like the word feminism being used if it inherently painted women as sexist.
Lots of people going for the downvote button but still no better word for the concept has come up.
Which is a shame. I was hoping to find a word where you could use the meaning without the topic suddenly changing to sexism.
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There genuinely isn’t a word, beyond maybe being patronizing
At least not in common English
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ne_supra_crepidam
Would Latin work? 😵