I’m an Ex-Google Woman Tech Leader and I’m Sick of Our Approach to Diversity

Mansplaining is one of those words like libtard or freetard that indicates that the user is unlikely to say anything insightful or deep.

In this particular case I think it was used to a particular effect.

The irony here is tptacek (a man) is out to explain why this woman is wrong - in order to help women.

Which of course is impossible because the sex of the person who uses/states an argument is the most substantive part, nothing else matters. Thus dismissing a person's argument based only on their sex is just right.

/s

Calling someone's comment "mansplaining" is the mirror image of asking to see "the man in charge"; it's dismissal based on the sex of the person being addressed.

Here we have a straight white male telling a woman she's wrong about her experience. I don't subscribe to identity politics, but if you do - there's a fishy smell here.

Of course the logical thing is to evaluate all ideas for their merit. But that's not what we're doing here.

Yes. I am a straight white male. That is what I'm doing. I would say exactly the same set of things to her face as well. Next question?