4) DON’T WASTE TIME WITH MANSPLAINERS Mansplaining is a portmanteau of the words man and explaining, defined as “to explain something to someone, typically a man to woman, in a manner regarded as condescending or patronising.[...] Often without regard to the fact that the explainee knows more than the explainer”. (Google, 2015) You know your art better than anyone else does, you know what you’re trying to achieve, you know what you want. Don’t be pushed around by people who think that having a vagina means you know less about theatre, or they know what’s best for you. By all means take advice, talk to your peers (not all men are going to mansplain to you) but the moment someone starts mansplaining is the moment to ignore everything they have ever previously said. Another great way of combatting a mansplainer is by learning how to use a drill. It’s a fun way of shutting up four strapping young men as they are gathered around one looking confused for an hour and you’ve been asked to paint a box or cut some paper. Or actually, maybe don’t... It frustrates you even more when they don’t allow you to show them.
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