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🐛 Fixes mansplain linking issues

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the act of explaining (usually by a man) something without asking consent to do so, often to someone who already knows and/or after someone else has already explained it (usually a woman or femme)
## Issues
Mansplaining places men (usually without authority) in a position of default authority, and places women and gender minoritised people with authority in a position of default subordination, which reinforces the power differential in men's favour.
Mansplaining occupies real time in meetings, leading to men gaining more air time and exposure, despite the stereotype that women speak more.[1](https://slate.com/human-interest/2013/02/do-women-talk-more-the-answer-is-no-but-the-belief-persists-despite-the-evidence.html)[2](https://slate.com/human-interest/2013/02/do-women-talk-more-the-answer-is-no-but-the-belief-persists-despite-the-evidence.html)
Mansplaining occupies real time in meetings, leading to men gaining more air time and exposure, despite the stereotype that women speak more.[1](https://slate.com/human-interest/2013/02/do-women-talk-more-the-answer-is-no-but-the-belief-persists-despite-the-evidence.html)
## Impact
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Examples include but aren't limited to: a man explaining to a woman how to pronounce her own name, explaining menstruation, or explaining the history of a country with which the woman is associated but the man has never been to.
## Note
## Considerations
A good way to check if you're mansplaining is to ask yourself whether:
(1) the person explicitly asked for the explanation
1. the person explicitly asked for the explanation
(2) you are assuming incompetence because of the person's gender, race, ability, etc, and,
2. you are assuming incompetence because of the person's gender, race, ability, etc, and,
(3) how your systematic and individual bias, particularly gender bias in this context, affects your interpretation of (1) and (2)
3. how your systematic and individual bias, particularly gender bias in this context, affects your interpretation of (1) and (2)