Feminists: Stop misusing the term "mansplaining"

Many feminists love to throw the derogatory term "mansplaining" in order to try to discredit or mock what a man is saying. In the vast majority of cases they are not using that term correctly, with its original meaning, and instead just opportunistically using it as a blunt weapon against people who disagree.

Note: I'm here using the original definition by feminist academics of the term "mansplaining", without even taking a stance whether that's a good term to use or not, without even going into politics or personal opinions.

A man disagreeing with a woman (or anybody else) is not "mansplaining".

A man presenting his own opinion about a subject to a woman is not "mansplaining".

A man presenting an opinion in general is not "mansplaining".

Heck, even a man outright explaining something to a woman is not "mansplaining" regardless of context.

What the term "mansplaining" was coined to describe is a situation where a group of people is discussing something, and a woman happens to be among them, and a particular (a bit unusual or complex) term or concept comes up, said by a man in the group, and one of the men, completely unprompted, without being asked, explains what the term or concept means to the woman because he assumes that the woman doesn't know it, because she's a woman.

In other words: It describes a prejudicial patronizing attitude where a man thinks that a woman is less educated, merely because she's a woman and no other reason, and thus needs stuff explained to her, and he proceeds to do so unprompted, without being asked, because of this prejudice. This is especially egregious behavior when the woman actually does know, and the man just assumed she doesn't because she's a woman, and women don't know these things.

Personally I do agree that such prejudice and behavior is uncalled for, and such men should keep it to themselves, unless explicitly asked to explain the thing.

However, I don't think that such a term as "mansplaining" is needed for this, as it's deliberately derogatory and patronizing itself (which makes it quite ironic.)

Nevertheless, even if we accepted the use of the term, in its original meaning, many feminists have just "appropriated" it and are throwing it around with complete disregard to what it actually means, just as a cheap tactic and weapon against men that they don't like. Just because you don't like someone's opinion or speech doesn't mean he's "mansplaining". Learn the term. Use it correctly.