Woman Says Man ‘Reacted Very Badly’ After ‘Mansplaining’ Her Research [Video]

A woman is asking for the internet’s take after a friend of a friend “mansplained” her own research to her during a night out — without realizing that she was the author of the findings until she told him herself.

In a post on Reddit’s “Am I the A——?” forum, the woman wrote that the man, who works in the same “technical, specific, male-dominated field,” started talking with her about work.

After graduating nine years ago and now working as a lawyer and researcher, the Reddit user wrote that she’s since “published some work here and there but nothing too major, and no one outside of that field knows my work.”

But, while out with her friends, she realized the one man was indeed familiar with her work — just not as familiar with her being the one behind it.

As she explained, her pals introduced her to “one of their friends who works in the same field …