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World Service,1 min

A woman explains ‘mansplaining’

The Conversation

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What is mansplaining? We didn't have a man around, so we asked cognitive scientist, Lera Boroditsky from the University of California, San Diego, to explain how it works. Image: Lera Boroditsky Credit: Sandy Huffaker

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