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water · 3596 days ago · link · · parent · post: The Words Every Woman Should Know: "Stop interrupting me,” “I just said that,” “No explanation needed.”
These situations aren't those in which someone is able to point out directly what was said, because it's never what, it's how, it's the body language, the volume, there are so many subtle variables that make up human communication that phrases like these are "lost in translation" very easily when explaining this topic to someone who hasn't experienced it. "No explanation needed" is a real thing where the other person seems to preemptively guess certain areas where I might not understand what they're communicating, so they deviate to explain something, instead of letting me just ask for clarification when they've finished. Where being interrupted is something that just seems to happen, especially when outnumbered by a group of men.