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minus-squareyermaw@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·2 days 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-up2·edit-22 days 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-up3·2 days 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-up4·2 days agoThere genuinely isn’t a word, beyond maybe being patronizing At least not in common English
minus-squareElectricd@lemmybefree.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·edit-21 day agohttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ne_supra_crepidam Would Latin work? 😵
minus-squaretheneverfox@pawb.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·22 hours agoNo… Unless you start using the word and it catches on. Which is easier to do than it sounds, but the meaning tends to drift by the time you hear it in the wild
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.
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? 😵
No… Unless you start using the word and it catches on. Which is easier to do than it sounds, but the meaning tends to drift by the time you hear it in the wild
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