Justin Trudeau is no stranger to virtue signalling, but he has surpassed himself with his latest gesture. The Canadian PM was taking part in a Q and A at a university when he took a female* audience member to task.
Her offence? Succumbing to the patriarchy and referring to ‘mankind’. Trudeau interrupted her to mansplain her error:
‘We like to say people kind, not necessarily mankind…’
Telling a female the correct word to use… Mr S would consider that mansplaining… *fe-person
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