Here's the tweet that went viral, when a feminist seahag by the name of Ash Hernandez saw this sculpture on her way to take a teaching certification test at the University of the Incarnate Word in San Antonio, Texas. She was so deeply offended by this horrible display of sexism that she snapped the picture and sent it to her friend, who tweeted it. Ash Hernandez told Women in the World, an NYT affiliate that, "..the sculpture just screamed mansplaining."
If you're wondering why someone would see sexism in a harmless sculpture of a man and woman having a casual conversation, you need to stop and realize these are feminists we're dealing with. These aren't sane people.
Ash went on:
"I feel like we've all been guilty of [mansplaining], males and females alike. But it's just less palatable when a guy's up to it 'cause, well, he's still on the right side of oppression."
See? Patriarchy.
Or something.
The folks at Women in the World tracked down the sculptor, Paul Tadlock, to get the low-down on his outrageous, offensive work of art. And I hope you're sitting down for his explanation, because it will ROCK YOUR WORLD.
"It was two students visiting, talking … implying nothing beyond that."
Your world is totally rocked now, isn't it.
It gets better! The woman depicted in the sculpture is Tadlock's daughter. And while Tadlock had never heard the term mansplaining before, once it was explained to him he said he agreed it does happen, because:
…guys, young guys particularly, love to tell everything they know to impress the girls, and the truth is most of the girls know it already."
It's almost like he's explaining human nature or something. Or like he's talking about how men and women have interacted with one another since the beginning of time. Notice, however, that NO ONE is talking about how often women condescend to men? You know why? Because men don't whine like total seahags about it.
If you're a chick who is sitting on a bench, and some dude walks up to talk to you and throws a leg up onto the bench, and you become offended by that because you interpret it as mansplaining, then with all due respect, you are a complete moron.
The university weighed in too:
"The statue has long-symbolized the friendship and camaraderie that develops among students as they attend UIW. We are deeply saddened that this image of friendship has been misconstrued as a symbol of sexism on social media. Nothing could be further from the truth."
Of course nothing could be further from the truth. But feminists don't care about truth. They only care about being victims. It's all they know how to be.
