femsplained
femsplained is the simple past and past participle of femsplain.
Meaning of femsplain
Verb
femsplain (third-person singular simple present femsplains, present participle femsplaining, simple past and past participle femsplained)
- To explain feminist concepts or a feminine perspective, especially when done in a condescending manner or to explain something the listener already knows, presuming that he has an inferior understanding of it merely because he is male.
- Don't try to reinvent what the Internet has already done. Did I femsplain it sufficiently?2015 January 12, “Is it 'lady lecturing' or 'femsplaining'?”, in Los Angeles Times
- To explain (as a woman) the experience of a man.
- I'm sure I, and the 99.999999% of men in this country who have never, would never, will never rape or harm a woman, need it. You've heard of mansplaining, right? When a man tries to explain rape/sexual assault/etc. to a female rape survivor? Okay, well you're femsplaining rape to a male rape...2014 June 6, Robin Wilson, “Why Colleges Are on the Hook for Sexual Assault”, in Chronicle of Higher Education
Questions about femsplained
- What is femsplained the simple past and past participle of?
- Femsplained is the simple past and past participle of femsplain.
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