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This isn't necessarily a fallacy. It could be a sarcastic/semi-serious remark, a serious observation (some men do mansplain), or an attempt at dismissing an argument (fallacious). In this case the implicit assumption is that because person 1 is male, they have no right to comment on an issue pertaining to person 2 (who is presumably female). That would normally be considered ad hominem (circumstantial) but as I wrote above, one would need to see if there is actually an argument being made in order for this to apply. |
answered on Saturday, Jun 12, 2021 08:28:14 PM by TrappedPrior (RotE) | |
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As I see it, it's just unsupported claim. She accuses you of being condescending and as I see it it's an accusation of the way you explained it. Actually I didn't know the term "mansplaining" but in wikipedia it says "(of a man) to comment on or explain something to a woman in a condescending, overconfident, and often inaccurate or oversimplified manner". It implies there is arrogance behind the explanation (which is psychogenetic fallacy ) but apart from that I would ask specifically whether my explanation was found just condescending or/and false. |
answered on Sunday, Jun 13, 2021 11:06:41 AM by Kostas Oikonomou | |
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Since the retort is directed at you personally rather than your explanation it qualifies as an ad hominem (to the man) fallacy as a guilt by association subset. The strength or weakness of your claim is not an issue, but the assumption being made is you’re a man who arrogantly assumes he has the best and most correct answer to everything all the time (and thus a turn off to women). |
answered on Saturday, Jun 12, 2021 07:41:24 PM by Mchasewalker | |
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The proper response to the allegation of mansplaining is to correct the error and say: “Mansplaining is a pejorative ad hominem term meaning for a man to comment on or explain something to a woman in a condescending, overconfident, and often inaccurate or oversimplified manner. You got it wrong, sister. " I’m a woke self-identified Hispanic Caucasian Black Asian identificarian eunuch in gender-transition, not yet fully transcended, but non-binary, cisgender queen-king, quoiromantic, and sometimes cupiosexual paleface with the amalgamated brown and red skin of a Native American Indigenous apparition. I wasn’t mansplaining, I was eunuchsplaining. Got it?” That should end the discussion and you can move on to something important, like the golf scores. |
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answered on Sunday, Jun 13, 2021 01:11:23 PM by Dr. Richard | ||||
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