The problem is, there have only been "First Ladies" so far, and women are used to being characterized as superfluous appendages to so forgive my sensitivity if I was wrong about your attitude... but I still maintain that women like Eleanor Roosevelt and Hillary Clinton have stepped way outside of their "supremely more important" spouses's shadows. Your comments seem to discount that.
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There have always been celebrities who parlay their status as entertainers, socialites, or spouses into real influence. Some even become president. That doesn’t mean the spouse of a president occupies some sort of office we are to take seriously. It just means they get a jolt of celebrity by association.
Could we borrow from royalty and call it “Executive Consort”? That would capture the flavor of appointment-by-relationship without respect to gender.
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