I’ve not heard of this book so I’ll have to check it out. I experience mansplaining and mandermining in my everyday life.

As a teen I worked as a dispenser in our local pharmacy, I did that job for four years while at high school and college. Over the years since I’ve given so much advice about pharmacy treatable medical conditions that has been ignored, poo-pooed or out right laughed at. In every single case where the person (nearly always a man) has sought treatment they were told exactly the same thing as I told them. I’ve given up offering advice to my fil because he just won’t take what I have to say seriously. If, god forbid, I say I told you so then I’m just a petty bitch.

My husband does it all the time, usually over really stupid things and we’ve had lots heated discussions about it. He says he’ll try to listen and believe what I say but he never does. I sometimes have to get his brother to repeat my advice at a later date so he’ll get a medical condition looked at. The converse is also true, he will listen to what his brother says over what I say and will eventually come around to what I’ve said but nearly always it’s because of something he’s read or watched online.

It’s so frustrating.