Good women are young, quiet, have pretty long hair (never dyed a unnatural colour though!) and never speak up about being mistreated, ever. You want to complain about a genuine problem? Sorry, you’re a Karen. Ask people to social distance? Karen. Nicely tell people to please be quiet during a movie? Karen. Ripped off by corporate greed and want a refund? Karen.

Be silent, be feminine and behave, woman.

It sucks because it actually used to describe real harrassment that black service workers experience. Now it’s just “Mouthy mom aged women with short dyed hair”

I’ve even seen a male black service worker be called a “male Karen” I shit you not.

    • Sinisterium@hexbear.netEnglish
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      6 days ago

      Libs did it first. Sometimes they use (white) in front of women to make misogynistic comments but palpable to a progressive audience.

      • MaoTheLawn [any, any]@hexbear.netEnglish
        6·
        5 days ago

        Was that libs? I really don’t think it was. I think that talking about white women specifically started as an overly online politics thing - used by right wingers but also by chapoish online Leftists - or at least within the chapo circles there were those who found a home in using it, even if it didn’t represent the majority of users.

        I think it wasn’t completely without validity - white men get a fair share of blaming (as they should), but that specificity missed out white women - a group it’s fair to say has been very involved in liberal activist behaviours, ‘girlboss’ hustle culture, and a group that at the top is typified by Pelosi and her fangirls.

        Then the rest of the internet took it and ran, and now I would be uncomfortable using it or giving it credit, because it’s just become synonymous with general mysoginy. The dogwhistle is now audible to human ears.