“Unlike women, who always think of themselves as unimportant, men always think of themselves as the center of the universe. Every single sentence from men carries utmost importance, and points out the right direction in which the world should advance.”

—  Yang Li

Source: "“Average-yet-confident”: A comedian coined a Chinese equivalent to “mansplaining”" in Quartz https://qz.com/1956642/female-comedian-yang-li-coins-chinas-version-of-mansplaining/ (23 January 2021)

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