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Male Answer Syndrome, which I guess is the everyday version of this phenomenon. This account is so well written, I will have to read Solnit's book on Muybridge -- and not just the review. 
As a guy, I know I've done this a time or two, but I haven't consciously meant to put a woman down -- just to show off, maybe... although, as she points out, knowing anything about the subject at hand is not necessary to this kind of pontificator.
Hey, I thought feminists were dour and humorless! Thanks for posting.
As a guy, I know I've done this a time or two, but I haven't consciously meant to put a woman down -- just to show off, maybe... although, as she points out, knowing anything about the subject at hand is not necessary to this kind of pontificator.
Hey, I thought feminists were dour and humorless! Thanks for posting.
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