Even within dual-career families, the bulk of this work falls upon women. And the truth is, sometimes it’s just easier to do the thing that needs to be done than to nag someone else to do it slower and worse. Gendered socialization means many women have had a lifetime of practice.

This time gives us an opportunity to reframe the way we view gender and labor, and to make smarter choices about our routines.

The first step to successful manfraining is realizing that not all mansplainers are the same. Your approach must be tailored to the brand of bold, loud wrongness you are facing. Here is a helpful guide to neutralizing the most frequent offenders.

"The biggest problem I’ve seen, in both small and large companies, is that CEOs and execs treat diversity hiring and retention as though it’s an HR problem...but if execs aren’t individually accountable and aren’t forced to confront their own performance in this area, it will remain an HR initiative and will never get as much traction as your company hopes."

Even if a co-worker’s comments don’t meet the definition of harassment, they can still make other colleagues — particularly women, people of color, and LGBTQ employees — feel awkward or even unsafe.