Calling it

A woman I am acquainted with was featured in a Calgary Herald piece the other day, weeping "in shock and disbelief" over Hilary Clinton's defeat.  A "professor emeritus of social work" at the University of Alberta, this woman often expounds at our local tennis club on the many joys and delights of feminism -- all from her limited perspective, much of it malarkey.  When I read the piece, I could not resist writing the following letter to the editor; it was published today, marking the 63rd since we moved here five years ago:

Male chauvinists abound
 Re: “‘People are shocked, in disbelief’,” Valerie Fortney, Opinion, Nov. 10.

Dear Editor,
I can’t think of another environment more politically-correct and cocooned than the average university faculty of social work. This is perhaps why people such as Mary Valentich were “shocked” by Hillary Clinton’s defeat and Donald Trump’s triumph.  

In the real world, male chauvinists are alive, well and thriving – be they in the closet or out. Alberta is no exception.    

Nancy Marley-Clarke, Calgary

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Guess Ms. Valentich will no longer be educating me on the club patio.