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[–]sisterinsomnia 41 insightful - 2 fun41 insightful - 1 fun42 insightful - 2 fun -  (5 children)

All the Karen subreddits are chock full of misogyny. I spent a couple of hours reading them the other day. Many seem to enjoy finding that it is acceptable to openly bash at least middle-aged white women with certain hair-cuts, while far worse behavior by men goes unmentioned or at least is never generalized the same way.

[–]RevengeOfTheCis 27 insightful - 4 fun27 insightful - 3 fun28 insightful - 4 fun -  (2 children)

The thing I hate the most about the Karen shit is that when people ask why there is no male equivalent, there are always 50 comments claiming there is, each one of them supplying a different name.

"Kevin!" "Chad!" "Ken!" "Brent!" "Keith!" Etc.

Oh, yeah? So where are the news headlines using those names? Because I've seen "Karen" used in every major news source, but every time a male exhibits the same behavior, it just says "Man Does [Insert Horrible Thing Here]" whereas if it's a woman, it's "Karen Does [Insert Horrible Thing Here]".

[–]Irascible-harpy 28 insightful - 2 fun28 insightful - 1 fun29 insightful - 2 fun -  (1 child)

The only thing liberals and conservatives can agree on these days is "fuck white women".

[–]Girlwiththeraventat 8 insightful - 2 fun8 insightful - 1 fun9 insightful - 2 fun -  (0 children)

Right! So ridiculous. Cant be a liberal because they've gone crazy and cant be a conservative cause they have always hated women.

[–]TrotRadFemAlly 13 insightful - 2 fun13 insightful - 1 fun14 insightful - 2 fun -  (1 child)

"Karen" is a misogynistic slur.

[–][deleted] 15 insightful - 2 fun15 insightful - 1 fun16 insightful - 2 fun -  (0 children)

I really hate the fact that I'm the "cool person to hate" this US election. I'm not quite middle aged, but close enough to qualify.

Historically speaking, I always resented the high-maintenance highly-entitled women who'd get power trips over eviscerating low-level employees, but the term is being used on all women over 30 who have anything to say.