So obviously the situations and actions they as terms describe are real and legitimate and problematic but holy heck, “mansplaining” and “cissplaining” and the rest of those awful “-splaining” quasi-portmanteaus are just so incredibly silly that it’s hard not to picture the most ridiculous of situations to inform their genesis
Like, maybe the first time someone used “mansplaining” they were locked in a heated battle with a guy trying to justify the sexism that person was experiencing as benign while they were busy beating each other with pool noodles while Crazy Bus from Arthur blasted on repeat in the background and someone was just sitting and watching in the corner in a parked go-kart
