Even if you've never heard of Rebecca Solnit and her work - you've more than certainly found yourself in her shoes. Especially if you are a woman. At least once in our lives, each of us had to listen to a pompous, proud man who patiently and condescendingly explained to us, like a child, simple and obvious truths. This phenomenon, old as the world, finally got its name - "mensplaining." It was Rebecca Solnit, who described with charmingly evil irony a curious incident at a party, who gave life to this term. Meanwhile, the phenomenon of mensplaining sheds light on a vast range of problems that one essay cannot cover. A few years later, a book appeared.