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Mansplaining is the art of explaining something in a condescending way, usually to someone who already knows what they\'re talking about. Either sex can do it, but it\'s called mansplaining because it\'s essentially a means of dominating another person in conversation. The word tends to get used in feminist circles to describe men who, when told their behavior is inappropriate, make excuses for why it totally isn\'t. If you\'ve ever heard the phrase \
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Mansplaining is the art of explaining something in a condescending way, usually to someone who already knows what they\\\'re talking about. Either sex can do it, but it\\\'s called mansplaining because it\\\'s essentially a means of dominating another person in conversation. The word tends to get used in feminist circles to describe men who, when told their behavior is inappropriate, make excuses for why it totally isn\\\'t. If you\\\'ve ever heard the phrase \\\"rape apology\\\", that\\\'s the extreme end of what mansplaining is.
I do want to point something out, though: yes, Xanthe is treated as right \\\'\\\'\\\'because she is right\\\'\\\'\\\'. Reality does not \\\'\\\'shift\\\'\\\' to make her correct, outside of the actual meta-reality of Tats\\\' new approach. She thinks women should be equal to men and not be subject to the indoctrination of the Patriarchy, which does exist, and is evil. What is there to argue about that? She isn\\\'t out to oppress anyone, she\\\'s out to liberate women. She is thus far the \\\'\\\'only character\\\'\\\' besides the two angels whose goals are both positive and focus on a large number of characters, she just happens to be much more strongly motivated than they are.
Yes, porn is harmful. That is not a matter for debate, it\\\'s a fact, and you can look up words like \\\"pornification\\\" for a better explanation than I\\\'m about to give. It\\\'s not because sex is bad, but because pornography, which relies solely on sex to sell its properties and licenses, informs a lot of marketing decisions for things that have nothing to do with sex (or shouldn\\\'t), and it centers on using women\\\'s bodies essentially as advertising. Porn Harms, but for a character like Slick, the only way he can imagine porn harming anyone (because he likes porn, it doesn\\\'t affect \\\'\\\'him\\\'\\\' negatively in any way, so of \\\'\\\'course\\\'\\\' it couldn\\\'t be harmful at all) is through the Pornocutioner. It\\\'s caricature, since it\\\'s the Sisterhood, even if they make the cartoony caricature jokes, their cause is inarguably right (and it is, because gender equality is only bad if you\\\'re a complete neanderthal.. or if you\\\'re accustomed to your own gender having all the power and extending that power to you and don\\\'t want to see that change) and somehow that means they\\\'re not funny and everything they say and do has to be taken as gospel and dissected.
I am so sick of this argument, because it\\\'s impossible to please anyone when it comes to the Sisterhood (unless you\\\'re already a feminist; everyone I know who\\\'s ever read Rape Culture 101 loves it). When she was a fundie caricature (like Seymour) denying cookies to and slapping the hands of male characters, she was a misandrist hypocrite; now that she focuses solely on building up women, she\\\'s a BlackHoleSue. And the irony of it all is that this exact discussion has been had against real feminists for the exact same bullshit reasons.
I do want to point something out, though: yes, Xanthe is treated as right \\\'\\\'\\\'because she is right\\\'\\\'\\\'. Reality does not \\\'\\\'shift\\\'\\\' to make her correct, outside of the actual meta-reality of Tats\\\' new approach. She thinks women should be equal to men and not be subject to the indoctrination of the Patriarchy, which does exist, and is evil. What is there to argue about that? She isn\\\'t out to oppress anyone, she\\\'s out to liberate women. She is thus far the \\\'\\\'only character\\\'\\\' besides the two angels whose goals are both positive and focus on a large number of characters, she just happens to be much more strongly motivated than they are.
Yes, porn is harmful. That is not a matter for debate, it\\\'s a fact, and you can look up words like \\\"pornification\\\" for a better explanation than I\\\'m about to give. It\\\'s not because sex is bad, but because pornography, which relies solely on sex to sell its properties and licenses, informs a lot of marketing decisions for things that have nothing to do with sex (or shouldn\\\'t), and it centers on using women\\\'s bodies essentially as advertising. Porn Harms, but for a character like Slick, the only way he can imagine porn harming anyone (because he likes porn, it doesn\\\'t affect \\\'\\\'him\\\'\\\' negatively in any way, so of \\\'\\\'course\\\'\\\' it couldn\\\'t be harmful at all) is through the Pornocutioner. It\\\'s caricature, since it\\\'s the Sisterhood, even if they make the cartoony caricature jokes, their cause is inarguably right (and it is, because gender equality is only bad if you\\\'re a complete neanderthal.. or if you\\\'re accustomed to your own gender having all the power and extending that power to you and don\\\'t want to see that change) and somehow that means they\\\'re not funny and everything they say and do has to be taken as gospel and dissected.
I am so sick of this argument, because it\\\'s impossible to please anyone when it comes to the Sisterhood (unless you\\\'re already a feminist; everyone I know who\\\'s ever read Rape Culture 101 loves it). When she was a fundie caricature (like Seymour) denying cookies to and slapping the hands of male characters, she was a misandrist hypocrite; now that she focuses solely on building up women, she\\\'s a BlackHoleSue. And the irony of it all is that this exact discussion has been had against real feminists for the exact same bullshit reasons.
