Why Do Men Often Dismiss Women’s Expertise? A Personal Insight
Why are men so committed to proving women with any kind of expertise wrong?
Personal, professional, it doesn’t matter where your experience stems from. They are always somehow better and need to drag you down in the process.
I posted this yesterday to Threads (follow me there if you aren’t already👩🏻💻), as a sort of social experiment.
Being an educator in this dating space (that shall not be named bc 🙄) means that I’m already talking about some hard-to-accept topics. For many people, the first time they’re confronted with stigma is either their diagnosis, or that of a partner or friend.
Many, if not most, people immediately challenge stigma. I am frequently told that I’m the “crazy lady,” uninformed, a “w#0re,” or just plain wrong —even when I present medically accurate facts and research.
It’s sad to say it, but I’m used to it, and I know other dating experts in this space in similar positions probably are, as well.
I am also used to it coming from *mostly* men.
One of these situations presented itself yesterday, so I posted this thread. I assumed these men would 1) comment, 2) defend themselves, and 3) drag me in the process.
Read the Thread. The comments speak for themselves and further prove its point.
These men don’t care to listen to women, they listen to mansplain.