The year’s worst mansplainers ranked

Ah, mansplainers: Men who must explain “difficult” topics to women because, duh, we just don’t get them. 

This was a banner year for mansplainers, who attempted — with varying levels of success — to take control of the dialogue on everything from judicial battles over birth control to increased media coverage of street harassment and sexual assault.

Here are some of the year’s most egregious examples.

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