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==United States== In the United States, the "Old Boys Network" is a term more focused on the inside track with connections to powerful and ambitious individuals formed through work, professional and community service organizations, and private clubs. However, the original term of being associated with education has sometimes also been used in this context.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=McClain |first1=Linda C. |author-link=Linda McClain |title="'Male Chauvinism' Is Under Attack From All Sides at Present": Roberts v. United States Jaycees, Sex Discrimination, and the First Amendment |journal=Fordham Law Review |date=2019 |volume=87 |page=2402 |url=https://scholarship.law.bu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1598&context=faculty_scholarship |access-date=26 November 2019}}(Quoting Brief Amicus Curiae of the National Organization for Women et al. in Support of Reversal, Roberts v. U.S. Jaycees, 468 U.S. 609 (1984) (No. 83-724), 1984 U.S. S. Ct. Briefs LEXIS 226, at p. 19).</ref>
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