What's with the seemingly uncontrollable urge of some guys to #MansplainWaterToFish?

[wtl@mastodon.social]

@v @alice 🤣

[captain_jack_sparrow@mastodon.world]

@v @alice

just for balance, #Femsplaining is also a thing.

[v@mastodon.catgirl.cloud]

@Captain_Jack_Sparrow @alice fine, have your own personalized version

[captain_jack_sparrow@mastodon.world]

@v @alice

lol!

[elleaster@ohai.social]

@Captain_Jack_Sparrow @v @alice You did not.

[captain_jack_sparrow@mastodon.world]

@Elleaster @v @alice

Sorry, but I did not what?

[v@mastodon.catgirl.cloud]

@Elleaster the captain did indeed, I'm afraid

@Captain_Jack_Sparrow @alice

[retreival9096@hachyderm.io]

@alice Maybe its "just" puffing up their chest and displaying their "mate-worthyness". The current world provides some reward for being knowledgeable, and for being confident. If I'm a male and (think) I have these properties, I should display them so prospective mates can take note

[alice@lgbtqia.space]

@chris I've found that most folx who have significant expertise in something are usually excited when someone shows interest in their area of experience.

A lot of us would love to geek out about our special interest, both to new folx and to other experts.

[alice@lgbtqia.space]

@WTL I think it's a societal conditioning, rather than a biological imperative. (many) Men are (often) taught (indirectly) that their opinions are (in general) more valuable than women's.

(At least in the US,) there's a pressure for men to show leadership and initiative, and a perception that women need protecting and should just be quiet and look pretty.

Even if no one involved in the conversation believes any of that, they've still been (subtly) "rewarded" for acting like it throughout their lives.

When those societal conditionings bump into each other in conversation, it (often) looks like men assuming greater (possibly unearned) competence in the subject as they try to "help" the woman by bringing her "up to speed" (in an area she may well be well-versed in already). But to the woman, it (often) feels "safer" to just let him go for it, because there's (enough of a) history of men getting aggressive when they feel they've been embarrassed (by a woman).

[mrgm@mastodon.social]

@v @golgaloth @alice Can confirm it federated to the instance I'm on at the very least; I only saw the corrected version and was briefly confused by the replies.

[alice@lgbtqia.space]

@v @Elleaster @Captain_Jack_Sparrow in the name of fair and balanced reporting...

*notice the roughly pixel tall scroll bar in the corner of #Mansplaining.