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[-] thorhop@sopuli.xyz 1 points 3 weeks ago

chauvinism, excessive and unreasonable patriotism, similar to jingoism. The word is derived from the name of Nicolas Chauvin, a French soldier who, satisfied with the reward of military honours and a small pension, retained a simpleminded devotion to Napoleon. Chauvin came to typify the cult of the glorification of all things military that was popular after 1815 among the veterans of Napoleon’s armies. Later, chauvinism came to mean any kind of ultranationalism and was used generally to connote an undue partiality or attachment to a group or place to which one belongs. The term chauvinism also may describe an attitude of superiority toward members of the opposite sex, as in male chauvinism. Some animal-rights advocates have used the term to indicate a similar attitude on the part of human beings toward other species, as in “species chauvinism.”

According to this definition from Britannica, men, women, trans people, etc can also be chauvinist. Men can be male chauvinist, in that they think they are the "superior gender". But that doesn't exclude the concept of female chauvinism.

[-] queermunist@lemmy.ml 0 points 3 weeks ago

The concept of a "woman chauvinist" is irrelevant. It literally does not matter. What's going to happen, are women going to take over society and force men into servitude? Stop them from leaving the house without an escort? Make them give up their careers? 🙄

In a society that was built by men, for men, men's chauvinism is a problem and an unconscious bias they all carry with them from a very young age. There's a lifetime of unlearning that men need to do to not be chauvinists. Any man who has gone through this process to rid themselves of their chauvinism has no problem with statements like "men are chauvinists" because they know it's true.

[-] 0x0@lemmy.zip 1 points 3 weeks ago

are women going to

If given the chance, sure.
After all, they're only human..

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