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In reply to the discussion: Poll for those who supported Hillary in '16 primary and the use of label "Karen" [View all]Squinch
(56,493 posts)which has a female gender and for which there is no male counterpart. But I feel we have bigger hills to die on.
We live in a world where misogyny and sexism are ingrained deep inside everyone and everything in our culture. If you think it's not ingrained in you, you are a bigger problem than if you know it is ingrained in you and regret that fact. It's a lot like racism that way.
It is deeply ingrained in me and I am a feminist woman.
It seemed like the sum total of the fear and hatred and malice that our culture has toward woman found a target in Hillary. When I saw the venom with which people treated Hillary, I became more aware of the venom and hatred our society holds toward me and all other women.
I don't really find the Karen joke to be on the same level as that filth and hatred that was thrown at Hillary. It DOES have elements of that hatred, given that racism has no gender and within the (not very significant) Karen joke, only women are being blamed for it. I don't use the term. I see why others are bothered by it. I am too exhausted by our world to fight against it. As I say, there are bigger things using up my energy.
But, hell. DU has taught me things in the past. Maybe I will learn that it is more powerful and insidious than I am thinking it is.
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