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I agree that both sexes are capable of being stupid. I would also say that there are things that women do that would be just as matronizing (this even popped as not a real word) to a man as something like mansplaining is patronizing to a woman. I'm not playing any sort of blame game or even saying that a lot of males do the patronizing explaining to or for a woman. In fact it's not all that common, I'm just saying that the act happens, even if you don't like the name.

Like for example, I had a boss when I was in school and worked at a gas station who was a bit of a dick, and he came into the store when I was helping a customer with a problem. He was listing to me going through what I could do to help him and when I was finished talking, he came over and repeated everything that I had just said to the customer in a way that was so condescending towards me. The customer was very well aware that my boss was being sexist and made a point of saying, well you are just telling me everything that she just did, yet I understood it much better coming from her. I was very grateful to that guy as I was ready to tell my boss off, and that guy became one of my favourite customers after that.

Now I'm sure a man like my boss might have done that to a male employee, but in my entire time working there I never noticed it nor did any of my male coworkers complain about it. Just the females. That boss was a manslpainer.