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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
National
Tory Shepherd

Internal rebellion at exclusive Melbourne club as members worry ‘Karens’ might spoil ‘bohemian’ vibe

Composite of Melbourne Savage Club
Former Labor senator Doug Cameron described the Savage Club as a club based on ‘bohemianism, free love, frugality and voluntary poverty’. Composite: Guardian Design/AAP

Melbourne’s men-only Savage Club is facing an internal rebellion against its decision to allow women in for meals, with some members warning of uneasy wives and “Karens”.

A group of members has called an extraordinary general meeting for Thursday, writing in an email that “the loud and boisterous bohemian behaviour that the club is famous for will now have to be tempered for fear of upsetting a ‘Karen’ at the other end of the dining room” if women are allowed to lunch.

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