#85 Let Me Explain Something

Unraveling Pink

This episode explores the intersection of the man box and mansplaining and includes a special guest to share the male perspective of why mansplaining happens, and what we might do to shut it down. Resources in this episode: "Male Coworkers Were Asking This Woman Whether They Were ‘Mansplaining’, So She Created A Chart" (https://www.boredpanda.com/mansplaining-chart-explanation-kim-goodwin/?utm_source=google&utm_medium=organic&utm_campaign=organic) Rebecca Solnit, 4/13/2008 LA Times, "Men who explain things." (http://articles.latimes.com/2008/apr/13/opinion/op-solnit13) Elizabeth Aura McClintock, PhD, Psychology Today, "The Psychology of Mansplaining." (https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/it-s-man-s-and-woman-s-world/201603/the-psychology-mansplaining) Mark Greene, "A fear-based need to project competency is at the core of mansplaining. But you already knew that." (http://remakingmanhood.com/2017/11/17/181/) Luke O’Neil, Mel Magazine, “The Snowflake Diaries: Mansplaining to Other Men." (https://melmagazine.com/en-us/story/the-snowflake-diaries-mansplaining-to-other-men-2) Jill Krasny, Inc., “Why Men Mansplain, Explained.” (https://www.inc.com/jill-krasny/why-men-mansplain-explained.html) Washington Post, "Pelosi's calm stands out in Trump, Schumer oval office meeting" (https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2018/12/11/while-trump-schumer-blustered-pelosi-illustrated-her-case-woman-table/)