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Women Think Strange Man Is 'ManSplaining' The Plot Of 'Men In Black' To Them But He Actually Wrote The Film

by Ariana

If you're a woman, you've likely at some point, been 'mansplained' to. Urban Dictionary describes 'mansplaining' as, "When a man explains something to a woman in a patronizing tone as if the woman is too emotional and illogical to understand."

Personally, I HAVE had it happen and I can't stand it. I am university educated and I don't appreciate someone talking down to me, but I am quick to point out that this is not a trait that ALL men possess. It's a niche thing belonging to a group of morons and the sooner it stops, the better.

All guys DO NOT do this and simply correcting someone shouldn't be taken as 'mansplaining'. Recently, the writer of the 2000 smash-hit, 'Men In Black', Ed Solomon, was sitting in a cafe working when he overheard some women discussing his movie.

He decided to clear up any issues they had with the plot, when he was accused of 'mansplaining'. He tweeted the conversation below - and it's pretty funny. Check it out!

Ed began...

At the cafe where I'm writing the people next to me were disagreeing about the origins of Men in Black & I said "If you'd like, I could clear that up for you" & one responded: "I'm sorry, we do not need an old white male's mansplanation." So I apologized and that was that.

— Ed Solomon (@ed_solomon) October 15, 2019

Unfortunately people don't usually recognize film writers. He explains it wasn't the FIRST thing he said....

(And by the way – it's not like that was the first thing that was said; we'd actually exchanged small talk about various things over the course of their meal and my work.)

— Ed Solomon (@ed_solomon) October 15, 2019

and went on to clarify...

Not that it matters, when I said I'd never heard the world manspanation, which I thought was a good word, she said she was pretty sure her friend had said "explanation" and so it's possible I heard it incorrectly. (Does this matter? No. Should I get back to work? Yes.)

— Ed Solomon (@ed_solomon) October 15, 2019

It all ended ok - actually, it has a very happy ending!

SHE WROTE TO ME! She saw this thread on Reddit and realized it was her and she reached out! Oh my god it was so sweet. And she really made me laugh at the end cause she said basically “PS which one of us was right, me or my friend?” (About their disagreement) (it was her)

— Ed Solomon (@ed_solomon) October 15, 2019

This is true

Hahaha! That would have changed it for sure. I would normally have mentioned it in my opening salvo, but I was curious to see how it would play out. In hindsight I kind of wish I had, cause she’s actually a nice person and we’ve exchanged some nice emails.

— Ed Solomon (@ed_solomon) October 16, 2019

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