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From: gordon@genrad.UUCP (Gordon Partridge)
Newsgroups: net.women
Subject: Chauvin
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Date: Tue, 8-Nov-83 08:50:16 EST
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Posted: Tue Nov  8 08:50:16 1983
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As a matter of record, the word Chauvinism stems from the name of a soldier
in an ancient French epic poem (I don't recall the title).  Monsieur Chauvin
was a man who blindly followed the orders of his leader, even though the
commanding officer was in the wrong.  Hence a Chauvinist is one who, having
espoused a cause, follows it without thinking or reason.  A male chauvinist
is one who believes anything the male of the species does is automatically
"right;" a computer chauvinist is one who thinks only computers have any
merit; etc.

Gordon Partridge, GenRad, Inc., Mail Stop 98, Route 117, Bolton, MA  01740