Societal Double Standards

God forbid, the wife of a politician have opinions and be her own independent thinker and strong-willed.

Such a woman will be pilloried by interviews, implying that well...she's a BITCH.

Don't you women know your place? Our brave SCLM asserts.

Women can only be prominant if they are vacuous talking heads; your Judy Woodruffs, your Paula Zahns, your Laurie Dhues.

And it is not just the SCLM, the reason they push it is because too many Americans have residual resentment over the same issue. Women are allowed to be strong-willed and independent ONLY within the confines of the family residence -- and even then, ultimately she must back down to the "profound" wisdom of we men (and look at us, are we not demonstrably wise?)

On gender issues, we are a profoundly fucked up country on this issue and the media doesn't help.