Meanings
alternative Male Answer Syndrome · alternative initialism MAS
- capitalizedderogatorysometimesuncountableA supposed male compulsion to answer questions regardless of whether one knows the answer.
Psychologists at Southwestern University sought to determine whether such a thing as male answer syndrome actually exists.
2011 October 25, Valerie Young, The Secret Thoughts of Successful Women: Why Capable People Suffer from the Impostor Syndrome and How to Thrive in Spite of It, New York: Crown Business, →ISBN, →OL, page 2011 more example
Like most statements on BlueSky that call attention to norms of masculinity, accusations of male answer syndrome tend to be offered and taken in good humor.
2002 June 27, Lori Kendall, Hanging Out in the Virtual Pub: Masculinities and Relationships Online, University of California Press, →ISBN, →OL, page 76
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