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Virginia Roberts
@askvirginia
PM @Microsoft ☁️ but tweets are about politics, @AppCamp4Girls, parenting, intersectional feminism, UX, tech, #BlackLivesMatter, linguistics, and games. She/her
Jul 20, 2018 • 10 tweets • 3 min read
I hear from a lot of men that the term "mansplaining" feels dismissive and rude. You're not wrong.

Imagine how it feels to have your experience and competence constantly invalidated

by men who possess equal to far less expertise on a topic

seems kinda rude and dismissive, eh? I really do sympathize with guys who find it uncomfortable. It reminds me of the discomfort I often felt and still sometimes feel when people of color refer to white people as a general evil, as doing something terrible. But they… aren't…wrong.