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The original was posted on /r/twoxchromosomes by /u/Human-Seesaw6582 on 2023-08-04 06:53:15.
We’re both 28, and this happens pretty often. I’ll make a statement, and he’ll say “baby… I don’t think that’s correct or the way it is,” I’ll Google it and show him that I’m right, and then he brushes it off without acknowledging that HE was actually wrong.
I majored in sociology with a focus on sex and gender studies in college, this is relevant to the story. I was scrolling through ig, and saw a woman throwing a fit at her gender reveal (I hate this term, it’s a BIOLOGICAL SEX reveal but I digress) party because she was having a girl but wanted a boy. I said, “sexism strikes again, that poor unborn girl,” and he said “babe… I don’t think sexism applies here.” I looked up the definition of sexism for him, which is literally “prejudice, stereotyping, or discrimination, typically against women, on the basis of sex.” The mom in the video showed nothing but pure hatred for her own baby JUST because it was a girl. I reminded my boyfriend that I majored in this topic, and he became really passive aggressive, like “Good for you.” Then, when I called him out on it, he said, “Well its just sometimes i feel like you throw that at me if i disagree in order to invalidate my point.” WHAT POINT? He tried to correct me on a term I used and he was wrong! I only mentioned that I majored in sex and gender studies because I STUDIED THIS TOPIC EXTENSIVELY AND I KNOW THE DEFINITION OF SEXISM.
He’s an otherwise good partner, but his constant mansplaining is really getting on my nerves. Super annoying when men are just on the edge of their seat constantly to correct people when they don’t even know what they’re talking about themselves.
Rant over.