Current Events > Sweden opens hotline for reporting mansplainers

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https://www.independent.co.uk/news/sweden-mansplaining-hotline-woman-get-to-report-patronising-male-colleagues-a7418491.html

Women who have things mansplained to them in the workplace can now report it to a dedicated hotline.

Unionen, Swedens largest union, is encouraging members to call up when male colleagues give them unsolicited lectures on things they already understand.

The organisation, which represents 600,000 private sector workers, launched the advice line on Monday and said it will be open from 10am to 4pm everyday for a week as part of a campaign to highlight and stamp out the insidious and damaging practice.

For those who might not be familiar with the modern portmanteau, the union defined mansplaining as when "a man explains something to a woman without being asked, particularly something which she might already know more about than the man".

Unionen said the phone line, which will be staffed by a gender expert and a group of feminist politicians, comedians and scientists, is "about equality".

The hotline will advise upset and frustrated callers on what action they should take next, and aims to help them move on. But there are no set answers, instead the people staffing the line will have the freedom to say what they want, based on their own experiences.

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Sweden's government is kinda bonkers honestly
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Doesn't have anything to do with the swedish government...it's a trade union thing..

And seriously it was for one week in 2016 why bring it up now..
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Manocheese posted...

For those who might not be familiar with the modern portmanteau, the union defined mansplaining as when "a man explains something to a woman without being asked, particularly something which she might already know more about than the man".

People do this to people all the time regardless of gender. Men to men, women to women, women to men.

No one knows when to shut up. Everyone wants to feel like they are bestowing valuable knowledge onto someone. Makes them feel special.
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Manocheese posted...

Unionen said the phone line, which will be staffed by a gender expert and a group of feminist politicians, comedians and scientists

Errr... um... what?
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Pussies

ForestLogic posted...

Manocheese posted...

Unionen said the phone line, which will be staffed by a gender expert and a group of feminist politicians, comedians and scientists

Errr... um... what?

Anyone who can help push the agenda.
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Money well spent tbh
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Tuesday 15 November 2016

I don't understand how mansplaining is even a gender thing. Everyone does this, why try to turn it into some stupid victim complex?
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GoTQuotes posted...

Tuesday 15 November 2016

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