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https://www.mcloughlin.world/ssa-lexicon/term/splaining/
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Splaining
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Splaining
Scope note: Power Dressed as Care
“Splaining” is not a typo. It’s a pattern. These terms expose tactics that reframe harm as help, control as care, and oppression as oversight. When someone insists they’re helping—but their help strips you of autonomy, authorship, or agency.
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Published in SSA Ontology v0.1.0. Content licensed CC BY 4.0.
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This concept was extracted from the original SSA Lexicon and republished as a stable ontology resource. Original source page(s): https://www.mcloughlin.world/ssa-lexicon/glossary-of-coopted-patterns/