White Knighting is an attempt at being a feminist ally that assumes that men are better feminists than women are. Examples of White Knighting might include: * re-stating a woman's feminist arguments so as to improve them, on the assumption that you can express them more clearly and objectively * defending a woman in an argument, cutting off her own defence of herself * concern trolling about the tone of feminist expression or otherwise assuming that feminism is in dire need of a man's input * misinterpreting a woman's criticisms against structural oppression as low self-esteem or low self-confidence, and engaging in excessive flattery to try and boost it * self-appointment to "protect" a female feminist, for instance with statements such as "if anyone has problems with he