# What would you call a male Karen? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [July 6, 2020, 9:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-you-call-a-male-karen/914465 "2020-07-06T09:42:07Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Grey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b782af/32.png) [@Grey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grey)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2020, 6:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-you-call-a-male-karen/914465/21 "2020-07-06T18:20:59Z")
We can’t just go for the gender neutral “asshole”? ---
**Author:** ![Kyrie\_Eleison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kyrie_eleison/32/7682_2.png) [@Kyrie\_Eleison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kyrie_Eleison)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2020, 10:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-you-call-a-male-karen/914465/22 "2020-07-06T22:58:27Z")
Ken & Karen: [https://www.fastcompany.com/90522366/ken-and-karen-the-wealthy-couple-who-pulled-guns-on-protesters-inspired-some-genius-memes](https://www.fastcompany.com/90522366/ken-and-karen-the-wealthy-couple-who-pulled-guns-on-protesters-inspired-some-genius-memes) ---
**Author:** ![kevlaw](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kevlaw/32/2281_2.png) [@kevlaw](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kevlaw)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2020, 10:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-you-call-a-male-karen/914465/23 "2020-07-07T10:41:50Z")
I wonder if anyone here proposing a name for mockery is proposing their own name? ---
**Author:** ![Tinmansd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tinmansd/32/3618_2.png) [@Tinmansd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tinmansd)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2020, 11:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-you-call-a-male-karen/914465/24 "2020-07-07T11:20:47Z")
Kevin, of course ---
**Author:** ![chela](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chela/32/21582_2.png) [@chela](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chela)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2020, 12:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-you-call-a-male-karen/914465/25 "2020-07-07T12:25:00Z")
Alls fair in love and war, call the dudes a Karen, right guys? ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2020, 1:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-you-call-a-male-karen/914465/26 "2020-07-07T13:04:55Z")
Hey! OMG! Look Becky! ---
**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2020, 1:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-you-call-a-male-karen/914465/27 "2020-07-07T13:18:25Z")
Remember the famous “Ron” thread here? I nominate “Ron.” ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2020, 1:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-you-call-a-male-karen/914465/28 "2020-07-07T13:23:30Z")
Hi, @Leaffan, Link to the ‘Ron’ thread? I wanna read that. ---
**Author:** ![Zyada](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zyada/32/3028_2.png) [@Zyada](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zyada)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2020, 2:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-you-call-a-male-karen/914465/29 "2020-07-07T14:40:03Z")
Here you go, Beck > [@The Ron Thread](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-ron-thread/475417): > > Okay - this is for the people from [this thread](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=495289) that read this snippet: The first time I met Ron was at a holiday party I was hosting at my house. My sister and Ron showed up 2 hours late - because they were shopping for toilet paper. yes you read that right. I was the older sister (by 2 years and 363 days but who’s counting?) and so therefore you would assume a certain desire to make a good impression. What I got was my sister and Ron doing the human hand-holding contortion: His arm aroun… ---
**Author:** ![melodyharmonius](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/melodyharmonius/32/21310_2.png) [@melodyharmonius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/melodyharmonius)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2020, 1:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-you-call-a-male-karen/914465/30 "2020-07-08T01:37:46Z")
Thank you for remembering my thread - I came back just to thank you for that 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![asahi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asahi/32/8693_2.png) [@asahi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/asahi)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2020, 1:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-you-call-a-male-karen/914465/31 "2020-07-08T01:49:08Z")
I’ve seen (read) Kevin and Ken. ---
**Author:** ![Greg\_Charles](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/839c29/32.png) [@Greg\_Charles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Greg_Charles)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2020, 2:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-you-call-a-male-karen/914465/32 "2020-07-08T02:58:10Z")
I don’t like “Karen” in the first place. It seems horribly unfair to people actually named Karen that their name is now a pejorative. However, I support Chad as a male alternative. Chads deserve what they get. ---
**Author:** ![PlaceboTarget](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/placebotarget/32/1073_2.png) [@PlaceboTarget](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PlaceboTarget)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2020, 3:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-you-call-a-male-karen/914465/33 "2020-07-08T03:57:14Z")
> [@Greg\_Charles](#): > > It seems horribly unfair to people actually named Karen that their name is now a pejorative. However, I support Chad as a male alternative. Chads deserve what they get. If caring and considerate people are biased too, then… ---
**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2020, 1:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-you-call-a-male-karen/914465/34 "2020-07-08T13:44:44Z")
That was me. It’s a classic! ---
**Author:** ![Ashtura](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ashtura/32/2963_2.png) [@Ashtura](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ashtura)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2020, 2:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-you-call-a-male-karen/914465/35 "2020-07-08T14:25:34Z")
Pretty clear the current equivalent is “Ken.” ---
**Author:** ![P-man](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/p-man/32/3606_2.png) [@P-man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/P-man)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2020, 3:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-you-call-a-male-karen/914465/36 "2020-07-08T15:03:44Z")
Seems to me what we’re looking for should be a male name that was common as dirt for kids born in the sixties and seventies, but hardly even given to kids now. My name falls into that category, but I don’t want to give people ideas. ---
**Author:** ![hajario](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hajario/32/171_2.png) [@hajario](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hajario)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2020, 3:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-you-call-a-male-karen/914465/37 "2020-07-08T15:34:45Z")
It doesn’t matter what it should be. The internet has already spoken and Ken is what went viral. ---
**Author:** ![mistymage](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mistymage/32/459_2.png) [@mistymage](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mistymage)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2020, 3:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-you-call-a-male-karen/914465/38 "2020-07-08T15:49:41Z")
> [@kevlaw](#): > > I wonder if anyone here proposing a name for mockery is proposing their own name? Mine already has a stereotype or two attached to it. ---
**Author:** ![jayrey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/47e85d/32.png) [@jayrey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayrey)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2020, 6:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-you-call-a-male-karen/914465/39 "2020-07-08T18:47:41Z")
I thought it was “Tiffany.” ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2020, 7:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-you-call-a-male-karen/914465/40 "2020-07-08T19:50:49Z")
> [@Greg\_Charles](#): > > I don’t like “Karen” in the first place. It seems horribly unfair to people actually named Karen that their name is now a pejorative. However, I support Chad as a male alternative. Chads deserve what they get. Yes, and I sorta agree since there are few “Chads”- (except the hanging kind… 😛 ) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-you-call-a-male-karen/914465.md?page=1)