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‘Hepeating’ Is the New ‘Mansplaining,’ and We’re Already Over It
If you’re a woman, chances are you’ve been ‘mansplained’ at least once in your life. You know that thing men do? When they try to explain something to you in terms they think you’ll understand? But are really just trying to assert their “intellectual superiority”? Well, move over mansplainers, there’s a new sheriff in town. ‘Hepeating’ is the new mansplaining, and it’s just as infuriating.
Hepeating is when a woman says something and it’s ignored, but then it’s repeated by a man and suddenly everyone loves it.
My friends coined a word: hepeated. For when a woman suggests an idea and it's ignored, but then a guy says same thing and everyone loves it
— Nicole Gugliucci, Doctor of the Sky (@NoisyAstronomer) September 22, 2017
Hepeating happens a lot in professional spaces. A woman speaks up at a meeting with a great idea, and meh. But then a male colleague has THE SAME IDEA a few days later, and lo and behold, it’s amazing!
Usage: "Ugh, I got hepeated in that meeting again." Or, "He totally hepeated me!"
— Nicole Gugliucci, Doctor of the Sky (@NoisyAstronomer) September 22, 2017
“My boss asked for ideas for next quarter and that asshole in cubicle three totally hepeated me again.”
Also works in context of you saying something to a man, then him repeating exactly what you just said in a patronising authoritative voice ?
— Jayde. (@jaydeyyyyy) September 22, 2017
Nicole Gugliucci opened up quite the dialogue after posting the definition of “hepeating”. Some user were quick to point out that it also applies to people of color.
It also works in the context of a PoC trying to speak at any point.
— Camilo (@i_am_camilo) September 22, 2017
Another great example: copywhiting!
"Copywhite"?
— Dave Dyson (@dave_dyson) September 23, 2017
Other users started chiming in with their version of hepeating. And as Nicole pointed out, it’s a very real phenomenon.
Twitter lets us share these stories from our own lives, but here are some helpful links with respect to race https://t.co/yET7G67GTM
— Nicole Gugliucci, Doctor of the Sky (@NoisyAstronomer) September 23, 2017
… and gender https://t.co/PpZlFdlxV0
— Nicole Gugliucci, Doctor of the Sky (@NoisyAstronomer) September 23, 2017
Racial and gender discrimination in the workplace is still an issue many people of color and women face.
I’m gonna go ahead and coin “rewhite†then, for every time a person of color says something and is ignored until a white person says it. https://t.co/nLptkvdNid
— oct. 26 ? (@masterq_) September 24, 2017
While it can be amusing to coin new phrases for these instances, it doesn’t change the fact that they’re a real problem. At this point, if you’re a woman and a man hasn’t done this to you…wait, do such women exist? We doubt it.
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