A Labour MP kept accusing a male politician of ‘mansplaining’ and you’ll be facepalming into next week
This moment from Sky News went viral after Labour MP Catherine West repeatedly tried to shut down Green Party co-leader Jonathan Bartley for ‘mansplaining’.
It got lots of people cheering her on for calling out ‘privileged males’. Except, well, have a watch for yourself.
This is why I can’t take anyone seriously once they play the “mansplaining” card.pic.twitter.com/jQNAz5pOox
— Andrew Doyle (@andrewdoyle_com) October 30, 2019
He wasn’t so much ‘mansplaining’ as ‘mantalking’ or, if you prefer, ‘mantryingtogetawordinedgeways’. Here’s LBC’s Shelagh Fogarty.
Oh my living God what a ridiculous way to communicate – her not him. https://t.co/8ohCboUugm
— Shelagh Fogarty (@ShelaghFogarty) October 30, 2019
We’re sure there are plenty of instances of genuine mansplaining – like this one, for instance – but this really isn’t one of them.
Mansplaining is an ok word she’s just using it incorrectly and on the wrong man.
— Nicky Clark (@MrsNickyClark) October 30, 2019
Good strategy- whenever a male opponent starts to speak cut them off for ‘mansplaining’.
— Mike The Hedgehog (@Hedgehog_Mike) October 30, 2019
She is doing absolutely nothing for gender equality. Mansplaining is a thing but it shouldn’t be used to put down a man unless he’s actually doing it.
— Sara Jayne Atkinson (@SaraJAtkinson) October 30, 2019
If the entire general election campaign is like this, we’re in for a treat.
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