ago this basic issue was decided by this circuit.  A Yugoslavian citizen, who had refused to work with the Yugoslav secret police, was denied the opportunity to follow his profession as a clerk in Yugoslavia.  He eventually became a cook on a Yugoslavian merchant vessel, which he left to seek asylum in the United States.  He had no established political views beyond his unwillingness to be a police informer.  The persecution he feared was punishment for defecting from a police state.  This court, overruling the Board, recognized that such fear of persecution was fear of punishment on account of a political opinion.   Kovac v. INS, 407 F.2d 102, 104 (9th Cir.1969) (Browning, J).  The opinion on account of which hemale chauvinism is itself a political opinion and, male domination, particularly when exercised by any police officer or member of the military, however low of rank, constitutes political persecution.  "[Zuniga] is asserting the political opinion that a man has a right to dominate and he has persecuted [Lazo-Majano] to force her to accept this opinion without rebellion."    Maj. op. at 1435.  The nature of the "persecution" inflicted by Zuniga in imposing this "political opinion" encompasses rape, beatings, and public humiliation, and having her do his laundry.


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Quite simply, the majority has outdone Lewis Carroll in its application of the term "political opinion" and in finding that male domination in such a personal relationship constitutes political persecution.  Women throughout history and in the world