• moakley@lemmy.world
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    1 day ago

    Yes, it’s misused sometimes. And it sounds like you agree that sometimes it’s the right word for the situation.

    If a man inaccurately and smugly trying to correct a female astronaut, punctuating it with “Simple thermo”, isn’t the right time to use “mansplaining”, then when would be?