clearly then I really am getting sick and need to be home.

just compared the school calendar to the work holiday calendar and submitted for a couple of days in Nov and Dec to cover some of the gap.

I think I need to reach out to a couple of other parents and see if we can swap child-watching for some of the school closed days, otherwise I will run out of vacation.

So men who are trying to explain why they explain things are being dismissed as part of the problem?

I don't think the problem is just explaining, in a general sense of "If you light the grill that way, it will explode."

I thought mansplaining was when men tried to explain women's own lived experiences to them (the women, that is). Not just "You aren't grilling the steak right; let me show you." (Although that could be annoying, sure.) But more, "You think rape is such a big problem? Try living with the constant threat of being falsely accused of rape just hanging over your head! You don't even KNOW how hard that is!!1!"

Or am I misunderstanding mansplaining?

And, "You aren't grilling the steak right; let me show you," when said to a professional grill cook. Say.

'suela, out of curiosity, does your father have medical power of attorney for your mom or do you or your sister?

It goes to my dad first, then my brother the doctor (if he's available), then my sister and I. So, yeah.

So men who are trying to explain why they explain things are being dismissed as part of the problem? How are they supposed to respond to these kinds of things then? Obediently say "Yes, dear, you are, of course, right"?

I think you may not be getting what "mansplaining" is. It's when a woman describes her own experience or expertise and a man explains it to her, entirely negating, ignoring, and talking over her. It's as if I met an accountant at a party, told him what I did, and had him lecture me for an hour on, say, federal environmental policy.

That's mansplaining. It's particularly offensive when exercised on women talking about sexism. Or, for instance, rape.

Or am I misunderstanding mansplaining?

Hopefully some guy will be able to lay it out for you, Steph.

No, although it's often more subtle than that.

"Catcalling on the street is not that big a deal - it doesn't happen that often, and anyway you should be flattered, not threatened."

I'd go home sick now if I felt safe driving.

There are a set of questions they ask every time I go into the ER. I don't know how many "yes" answers flip the red flag (The last doctor, when I was admitted--she tried to trick me. Some of the standard questions are "does this sound/feel the same on both sides?" She didn't touch me or make the sound on both sides. Which struck me as kind of bitchy, because if I was deaf/numb on one side, she wouldn't necessarily be able to tell.) Anyway, one of them is about being numb, and my fingers are definitely in that midspace between tingly and numb right now. And stuff just hurts.

Or am I misunderstanding mansplaining?

Hopefully some guy will be able to lay it out for you, Steph.

That's what I live for.

Balls, I just embarrassed the hell out of the contractor. It's not her fault that My Nemesis refuses to pass me information or documents relevant to my program, and instead gives them to the contractor to do. Pity I can't tell the contractor to pass them over to me, though.

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I tried these on a whim, and I have to say I wasn't very impressed. The applicator mechanism is far too fiddly, and the plastic tampon inside far too thin (not to mention uncomfortable and non-absorbant) - I'm sure there must be a knack to using them, but I couldn't find it. They also stained my knickers blue for some reason. I really wanted to like these, but it's back to pads for me.

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