Minnie’s Musings

Feminist ire has been piqued by FB post on the origins of the term “mansplaining” (after a seminal author had her own book explained to her by a man who continued to pontificate after being advised that he was lecturing the author herself).

I am starting a campaign to term any historical account or discussion that looks at any event entirely or largely through a male lens as men’s history.

This is as opposed to “history” which has been doing this for millennia.

In this way we can clearly flag to the reader and/or viewer that the account has been created from a particular viewpoint. As do the widely accepted andused terms “Women’s History” and “Black History “.

This should be common practice as a matter of course, as it is the next step in equitable representation. After all we do talk about “Men’s Health” in relation to prostate cancer etc.