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How menstruation worked and why I should be happy to be (at the time 54) and still having regular periods. I'm an actual Dr. who completed medical school and residency but he knew more because his wife had gone through menopause and it was terrible for him. FOR HIM.
My (then) husband telling me when I was pregnant, that morning sickness was all in my head and not throwing up was mind over matter. The next day he stepped in cat vomit and ran to the bathroom to puke. I lovingly shouted "Mind over matter!" through the bathroom door.
A guy didn't know what mansplaining was so I went to tell him and another guy spoke over me to explain mansplaining. So I pointed and him and said 'this is mansplaining'
So, here’s the scoop on the Dunning-Kruger effect: It’s when someone thinks they know WAY more than they actually do, because they just don’t realize how much stuff they don’t know. It’s like fake confidence on steroids.
People love looking sharp and smart, so pretending to have all the answers can feel better than admitting you’re clueless. Even really smart folks get caught up in it sometimes!
But watch out - this over-the-top confidence can backfire big time, sometimes leading to pretty embarrassing (or even dangerous!) moments.
When I was lecturing on a bar review book 1 wrote a male student insisted I didn't understand it and should talk to the man who wrote it. I explained I was a co-author. He refused to believe me. He assumed the two surnames on the cover were the name of the man who wrote it, instead of surnames the two women who wrote it. When I opened up the book, turned to the back page and showed him my photo (and my co-author's) he was furious.
I'd just gotten back from vacation and was showing my friends some of my souvenirs, when the guy who sat across the aisle decided to explain to me what the TARDIS is and how it works. Gentle Readers, my vacation was to attend a Doctor Who convention. My souvenirs included a mini TARDIS figurine and a sonic screwdriver toy. I KNOW WHAT A TARDIS IS, POINTEXTER.
My chronic illness, that hes never suffered from. Started to tell me how I could've "avoided" it. Never wanted to punch a random man in the face so bad lol
Turns out, lots of people think they’re smarter and funnier than average - who doesn’t, right? But the less you know, sometimes the LESS you realize you don’t know. It’s a trap!
Even folks who actually are experts can forget to keep learning, which makes them just as prone to acting like they got it all figured out.
The secret sauce? Stay curious, keep learning, and admit when you don’t have all the answers.
I was on the train talking to a friend about the day I had volunteering in a prison. I was a criminology student at the time working toward a master's degree. A man sitting across from me piped up and started to explain my own degree to me. He was all kinds of wrong and I just turned to him and said, "I'm curious as to when you were invited into this discussion?" Shut him up real quick.
In a comment section back-and-forth, a man kept telling me I didn't understand feminism. I finally asked him what he thought it was. He copied a link into a thread to an article, a definition of feminism. I responded: "Check that byline." He had sent me a link TO AN ARTICLE I WROTE. He disappeared quickly.
Dated an Irish guy who confidently told the ‘correct’ way to pronounce all of the Australian capital cities. Then argued with me when I disagreed. I’m Aussie born and bred and he was living in Australia at the time
Another tip: regularly double-check what you think you know. Ask yourself, "Could I be wrong here?"
And don’t be shy about tapping real experts for their wisdom - and listen up when they talk!
Basically, stay humble and keep that brain open, okay?
Ever had a guy mansplain something to you that made you want to scream? Yeah, us too.
We all have blind spots, but some fellas are like walking, talking Dunning-Kruger commercials. How do you handle them? Share your funniest, weirdest, or downright maddening mansplaining stories in the comments!
I’ll start - my own name. He sat beside me, at a friends wedding reception, and enthusiastically told me my name was spelled wrong. Giving me an elaborate explanation on how my name is supposed to be spelled. His wife was terribly embarrassed and I mention it EVERY. SINGLE. TIME. I see them now.
A man once told me that I was saying au revoir wrong. I have a masters degree in French, studied in France, and have traveled in francophone countries multiple times. He had none of that background and was so Americanly confident in his wrongness.
He kept mispronouncing my name as Marcia instead of Masha and when I ONCE AGAIN corrected him, he said, "Its so cute how you say your name with a boston accent"
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