Sweden set up a hotline for women to report mansplainers

Swedish women can now call a hotline to report mansplainers.
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Sweden's largest union, Unionen, has launched a hotline for women who are fed up with having men offer unsolicited explanations of things they already know, The Independent reports. "It is obviously not the case that all men expose women to 'mansplaining' all the time," Unionen's gender expert Peter Tai Christensen said. "It would be an absurd assertion that lacks reality. But enough women are exposed to enough mansplaining for it to be a problem that needs to be highlighted, discussed, and solved."

The hotline is open from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. every weekday and is staffed by a gender expert as well as feminist politicians, comedians, and scientists. It will offer advice and a sympathetic ear to callers as well as help them move on. "But there are no set answers," The Independent adds. "Instead, the people staffing the line will have the freedom to say what they want, based on their own experiences."

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Jeva Lange

Jeva Lange was the executive editor at TheWeek.com. She formerly served as The Week's deputy editor and culture critic. She is also a contributor to Screen Slate, and her writing has appeared in The New York Daily News, The Awl, Vice, and Gothamist, among other publications. Jeva lives in New York City. Follow her on Twitter.