[ SECRET POST #3354 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #3354 ⌋

Warning: Some secrets are NOT worksafe and may contain SPOILERS.

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09. [ warning for homophobia / transphobia / misogyny take your pick, people seem to be divided on this one ]













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Comments

Re: Mansplaining

[(Anonymous)]

Maybe he just thought it was a neat book and wanted to share?

Re: Mansplaining

[(Anonymous)]

If he was just making conversation and actually aknowledged it when told she was the one who wrote the book (wouldn't you be like "Oh, hey, cool!" if you just found out the person you were talking to about a book you liked was the author?) The way the story was told, he wasn't chit-chatting, he sat her down and started lecturing.

Re: Mansplaining

[(Anonymous)]

I dunno, maybe. I just think of myself and my lack of social skills, and how I ramble when I get nervous in conversation. It's possible he just sucks at talking, is all.

Re: Mansplaining

[(Anonymous)]

Well, see, there's your problem, giving a man the benefit of a doubt. Haven't you hear they're all pure evil?

Re: Mansplaining

[(Anonymous)]

Only from stupid people. I tend to disregard them.

Re: Mansplaining

[(Anonymous)]

The author did give him the benefit of the doubt! ...until it became increasingly clear it was her book.

Re: Mansplaining

[(Anonymous)]

Perhaps, but I've always gotten a very different vibe from people who are nervous and ramble-y and over-explain things because they don't know what else to say compared to people who think people around them need things explained to them despite no evidence that they do.

Re: Mansplaining

[(Anonymous)]

It was clear from the text that he didn't think so.

Re: Mansplaining

[(Anonymous)]

But if he knew she wrote a book on said topic, which was the topic of the conversation, why did he automatically assume that the book he'd heard about was by someone else? Why did he not consider it was her book?

Re: Mansplaining

[(Anonymous)]

If you met an author who wrote a book, what are the odds that the book you're thinking of is the same book said author wrote? There are many books out there.

"OMG I loved ___, best book ever on the subject, did you write it???"

"....no."

Is just as bad.

Re: Mansplaining

[(Anonymous)]

I'd be most likely to ask "What was your book?" both out of curiosity and and out of not wanting to embarass myself. I assume most people would.

Re: Mansplaining

[(Anonymous)]

Yeah, that was what I meant. It was a book on a research topic that isn't the most common in the world, so the question "Oh, was your book ___?" doesn't seem that out there.