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Subject: Re: [tips] Politician's Wives
On 16 Mar 2008 at 11:53, Britt, Michael wrote:
It seems to me that as much as people are talking about Elliot Spitzer
these days, many people are talking just as much about the fact that his
wife was standing by his side when he apologized and resigned. The
women I know have strong negative feelings about this and they all say
that they wouldn't have stood next to him. His wife looked pretty bad.
Is this just another example of how our culture expects women to
support their man, or is there some other psychology going on here?
Toby Harnden of the UK's Daily Telegraph has a fantasy piece on the
"speech Silda Spitzer should have given".
There is a cross-cultural aspect to this.Standing by your man is a
Eurocentric white woman thang, Black women do not necessarily stand by their
man.
A sister would have asked for a divorce and move on. The white woman would
follow the husband to the jailhouse and say how much she still loves him.
Black women do not necessarily follow along.
Michael Sylvester,PhD
Daytona Beach,Florida
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