Zoe Williams’ articles are often insightful, but her suggestion that the word “mansplaining” is no longer relevant is a disappointment (‘Mansplaining’ was once a contender for word of the year. Here’s why we should stop using it, 1 December). The foundation of her argument appears to be in the last paragraph, in which she notes that occasionally the term is unfairly applied to men who know what they are talking about.
No one is arguing that there are not many men who do indeed know what they are talking about. That is not sufficient justification to attempt to essentially gaslight women generally into believing that the phenomenon does not exist.
