Men Explain Things to Me by Rebecca SolnitMy rating: 4 of 5 stars
I've been meaning to read some of Solnit's works. I have some of her books, and here I finally get to one, a short book of essays. As with most compilations, some are better than others. Overall the work is good. Solnit makes a lot of sense.
The title piece is one of the better essays. In it she describes what she means, and about the word mansplaining. Solnit explains that she did not create the word. She also thinks it's a little more derogatory towards men than she'd like. Solnit also goes on to clarify that she likes being explained something she has no idea about, it's just all those other times that men explain something to a woman when that man has absolutely no idea what he is talking about and disregards the woman who actually does know something about that topic.
Anyway, there's more than this in the book. Glad I read it.
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