"David Mitchell is probably the only male on the planet who could get away with defending mansplaining, so that is what he has done. I feel there's an unfairness to the term, which is taken to be men explaining things in a boring way to women, he told the Sunday Times. Because they do it to each other, and they take turns, and that's what men call a conversation."
"They are confused and slightly aghast at the idea that they might have discussed such matters. What do men talk to one another about, then? Well, yes, says Mitchell. That's a question [my wife] Victoria's asked me many times. And I never really know."
"Of course, there are exceptions to the rule but, if my husband went to the pub with a mate whose entire family had just been abducted by aliens, there's a very real chance it might not come up. There have been many instances where something huge is happening in the life of one of his pals and I'm waiting patiently for the next instalment, but he comes home clueless. Didn't you ask? I'll shriek, brandishing my rolling pin. And he will look bewildered, somehow unaware he was meant to."
David Mitchell defends the term mansplaining as unfair, arguing that men explain things to each other and call that a conversation. Mitchell and Robert Webb appear surprised by the suggestion that men counsel or support each other through personal challenges. Mitchell admits uncertainty about the topics men discuss with one another, noting his wife has asked him this question. Rylan Clark learned through his podcast that a romantic partner can also be a best friend. The piece observes that heterosexual men and women often communicate differently, with many men less likely to share friends' crises or emotional details while women tend to know friends' inner lives.
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