How Mansplaining Discourages Women From Sports

It’s everywhere and it’s not helpful.

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Let’s be honest, there are enough reasons to bow out of a workout. We really didn’t need one more. And then along came the mansplainers.

There is one lurking in every gym, climbing wall, race track or sports pitch, waiting — actually, not waiting — to be asked to dispense their dodgy but plentiful…