I love them but WTF are they wearing <| sep |> The EEA is a possible option but the UK would have to agree to free movement . Fundamental principles , package deal . <| sep |> Been training a young girl at work for the past few weeks . At one point I found myself explaining something very simple to her for the fourth time . I was struggling to hide my frustration and realised I was talking very slowly , at the most simple level that I could . I suddenly thought to myself Am I mansplaining ? I quickly gave myself an internal slap . No I wasn ' t mansplaining , she was just being fucking dumb and I would have been the same if it had been a guy I had been training . There seems to be a component about this concept that is conveniently ignored . How fucking stupid is the person who feels as if they are being mansplained to ? Because if you are trying to explain something to someone who just isn ' t getting it , eventually your tone and demeanor will likely wander into a condescending one regardless of their gender . It often seems to be that mansplaining is deflection from someone feeling fucking stupid because they often are .