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We must talk about 'Karen' Why, as with slut, w----, bimbo, is there no real male equivalent? According to the top definition on Urban Dictionary, Karen gives raisins to Halloween form), drives an SUV to car-pool ki soccer (seems a minor crime, especially since Ken is probably off at work) and posts workout selfies (don't blokes do this?), with complaints in the form of pie charts and entire new models of military medical systems. The second wavers- the women's liberationists- had no truck with politeness, with queues and submission. They marched, called for the managers, demanded change, and ran in greater numbers for office, seeking not to access, but possess power. The world heo enthe force of o seek to challenge the authority of those morenoe SATURDAY REFLECTION (admittedly poor m ool kids to kids on JULIA BAIRD One of the weird things about being a mother is witnessing the casual sexism of the schoolyard-and how it can somehow become a marker of your own uncoolness when you snort at it. First there were the "your mum" or "yo mama" jokes which are still amark of social currency in our neighbourhood. Like: "Your mum' lipstick on her forehead to make up her mind. Your mum's so stupid, she stared at a carton of apple juice for 12 hours because it said concentrate."Hahahaha Shedrinks wine with other sat book club (ummm). She apparently talks to the manager at r King when they forget a ketchup Tos competent than them. Female Buret (yes, this lacks proportion). thie So let's talk about this manager thing for a moment, It's a fiumny ster but after spending a couple of decades studying how loath we have been historically to recognise women's authority, how reluctant we have been to to positions of power, how often patriarchal mores can cast legitimate complaints and concerns as shrill whining and trivial when aired by women, this part of the Karen meme sticks in my craw: she is a woman who dissatisfaction is the petrol fuelled every inch of progress of the women's movement. (And yes, long stretches of this movement have been too white, and lacking intersectionality, the voices of many women of colour and abilities and cultures have been uded, and this remains a problem s so stupid she puts wut? appoint themi The prefix 'mum’ before anything, of course, instead of meaning Mighty Provider, means lame, dumb, socially unacceptable. Nothing new there. But this “Karen" thing really laugh. This, apparently, is what Gen Z has branded GenX-the Karen Generation - and it White women havel hogged the microphone for too long and been ignorant about the impact of this.) Could it be that women are more made me hodced when they complain? That we See biokes assert views so often it's normal? Oris itthat people are less challenges authority. tolerant of complaints by- or criti by-women? Think of a recent it means a woman who is annoying, dissatisfied and demanding, the kind of woman who calls the cops on Woman Now as a child of the '70s, I'd It can take years for some women to find their voice. study by Martin Abel, an assistant professor of economics at Middlebury College, which the Institute of Labor like to say-hey thanks for: Finally, we haveamoniker to slot in between boomers and snowflakes. But as was pubisned: last Stor noticing us! Bconomics fate year. This fou bothmen and women react more negatively to women bosses who react. First of all, there is abundant evidence that women don't complain enough- especially when it comes to sexual assault, r---, domestic violence harassment, a Gen Xer I also cannot help be struck by the irony. Because isn't it a bit funny that women who've spent decades crawling criticise them- even when the feedback is precisely the same as that given to them by men. Abel surveyed 2700 people towards equality are now being slurred as women who make their dissatisfaction known? Who question want to n discrimination, and now we Mrparody those who do? Icolleagues tell me there is a “spectrum of Karens" and not all sare Karen-ish, but a woman and found "criticism from female managers doubles the share of workers for the firm in r cent larger reduction in job satisfaction than criticism from male managers". Abel found that men will dismiss the criticism : from women as less valid and less accurate, while women didn't. The one hopeful finding? Those less likely to not interestedin 7 Millennial authority? working When Itype the word Karen intoa search engine, the first definition is: "Karen is a mocking slang for an entitled, obnoxious, middle-aged white woman." In the illustration alongside, Karen has no face: simply a blonde bob with these words written on her face: "Can Ispeak tother to the manager?" Yeah, Iget that thistype of character the future and leads to a 70 per c complaints are who has been ignored in the workplace, and pawed in the streets may not take kindly to being ripped offin a shop either. It can take years for some women to find their voice. To be able to calmly challenge a expressing a to be comfortable women were younger anger, to protest Anyway on the "Karen" to my 13-year-old this week when she was sitting in the back of the car. Staring out the window, she said simply: "I'm getting strong Karen vibes." and to desire power to is annoying. I get that white entitlement deserves to be repeatedly lampooned, punctured, eroded. When privilege is twinned with ignorance- say with anti- piggish behaviour and poor treatment, werto shape their 7, so I delivered a monologue ·lives. Florence Nightingale was a Karen: privileged, annoying to anyone content with the status quo, and insisted on vaxxers or climate deniers, the homophobic, sexist, racist, it can be particularly heinous. But where is Ken? seeing the manager- for her, government ministers, flooding them Julia Baird isa regular columnist.

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