American Generals still employ Napoleon's tactics, that part of French culture is certainly preserved.
I could do without the BO, rude attitude, and leghair, though, myself.
Ahh excellent - two of my favorite RW myths about France --- Right on cue!
French women don’t shave
You’re about 10 times more likely to find an unshaven woman in Kentucky, Texas, or Alabama than you are in Paris. The “all-natural” movement isn’t so much a thing in France as it is a marketing-generated myth: after World War II, American razor depilatory cream companies -- as well as nylon stocking manufacturers -- wanted to extend their markets overseas and began pushing the fur-free lifestyle hard in France. According to a 2006 study, 77 percent of French considered it important for a woman to be free of body hair; 83 percent of women shaved their legs, 73 percent shaved their armpits, and 54 percent shaved their bikini line.
Percent who shower once a day
They are myths. There isn't any difference between Americans and the French as far as hygiene is concerned. And women do shave. Over here, in European countries, there are special stores that sell primarilly things for women like shampoo, skin care, hair care, and everything, INCLUDING RAZORS.
There is such a shop a block away from where I'm staying now. Called Lilly Drogerie. The big Lilly shops have a pharmacy and also sell cleaning supplies for the house; the little one near me just sells women's grooming supplies.
No women anywhere I've been in Europe have hairy legs or underarms. And definitely don't smell bad. The French have the best perfumes in the world and the most important cosmetic and skincare companies.