As an endometriosis patient, I am quite versed in the art of explaining my symptoms to friends and strangers. Talking about my disease on podcasts, or telling doctors about the embarrassing things my body does has become quite natural to me. I am also familiar with being at the receiving end of advice I never asked for. And there is one particular form of unwarranted council that irritates me above the rest: mansplaining. Mansplaining happens…

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