male answer syndrome

noun

Definitions

  1. A supposed male compulsion to answer questions regardless of whether one knows the answer.

    • 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.
    • Psychologists at Southwestern University sought to determine whether such a thing as male answer syndrome actually exists.

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