Playdate mom worries about toddler
Dear Taxed: You should send your friend a link to the online source where you found this product. Tell her, "If I run across this in France, I'll try to pick it up, but I can't guarantee it. I wanted you to know it's available here, too."
Dear Amy: You used the word "mansplaining" in your reply to "Perplexed." I don't think it means what you think it means.
Mansplaining is a sexist word used by feminists to shut down any debate with a man if they think they can't win with their argument.
Your use of it in your column is offensive to anyone who is capable of a logical discussion.
-- Mark R. Bates, National Coalition For Men
Dear Mark: Others complained that I had misused the word "mansplaining," but you are the only person to mansplain while doing it.
"Mansplaining" is a slang term used for when men co-opt ideas, thoughts or concepts generated by a woman and then re-explain these concepts back to her in a highly patronizing and "expert" way. (See above.)
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