Men Explain Things to Me

Men Explain Things to Me
First edition
AuthorRebecca Solnit
IllustratorAna Teresa Fernández
LanguageEnglish
SubjectsFeminist theory, women's rights, media culture, media studies
PublishedMay 2014 (Haymarket Books)
Publication placeUnited States
Media typePrint
Pages130
ISBN978-1-60846-386-2 (Paperback)
TextMen Explain Things to Me at Haymarket Books

Men Explain Things to Me is a 2014 essay collection by the American writer Rebecca Solnit, published by Haymarket Books. The book originally contained seven essays, the main essay of which was cited in The New Republic as the piece that "launched the term mansplaining". But Solnit herself did not use the word in the original essay and has since rejected the term. The September 2015 expanded edition of the book included two new essays: "Cassandra Among the Creeps" and "#YesAllWomen: Feminists Rewrite the Story."