Satire
Welcome to your personal how-to guide on mansplaining, the art of silencing and talking over women – because in the end, men just always know better. It is the best way to get your point and opinion across, especially when it was never asked for in the first place.
Your guide:
Pick a topic about which you know very little. A couple of starter ideas include periods, reproductive rights, gender equality in sports and the patriarchy.
Once you have your topic, make sure you avoid any credible research on the topic. One way to obtain arguing points for your topic is through alpha male podcasts, such as Andrew Tate and Fresh and Fit. Remember: the more misogynistic, the better.
The next step is practice. The best way to practice is to find a woman — maybe a friend, coworker or classmate — and wait for her to share her opinion on a topic she clearly knows more about. Then, before she has an opportunity to fully express her point, cut her off and begin your argument. Make sure that she did not ask you to explain and that she has much more education and background on the subject.
In your presentation, start to pull from any knowledge that you have collected through podcasts and social media. If your selected female tries to interrupt or dispute your points, cut her off again and continue to mansplain.
Remember that true mansplaining is never about listening and always about talking. In the end, it doesn’t matter what is being said, as long as it comes from a man’s mouth.
Now, let’s practice what you would do in a specific situation.
Take a female classmate talking about sports. Keep in mind that this classmate is the sports editor of your school’s newspaper. She starts to explain how female sports are overlooked and how the women’s teams get less media coverage than do male sports. She also mentions the wage gap. Using what we have learned so far about mansplaining, what would the appropriate response be?
The correct answer would be anything along the lines of: “Male sports generate more revenue because no one wants to watch women’s sports. Men are better at sports, so they get more media coverage.” In this scenario, the woman will often want to argue back. She may bring up that the 2022 Women’s College Softball World Series final peaked at 2.1 million viewers, while the 2022 College Baseball World Series final only peaked at 1.9 million viewers. Don’t be deterred if she starts to bring up facts and examples.
Being more educated on the subject does not counteract the fact that she is a woman and you are a man.