"Wife Guys" -- One More Reason To Attack Men
Gregg does so much for me to support me in the stuff that means a lot to me. I'm truly appreciative of it.
Chances are, though he's not Mr. Effusive (and it would not be anywhere near off base to call him "kinda stoic"), he says nice things about me when talking to others.
Well, this sort of thing, believe it or not, has become the new feminist gripe! Karol Markowicz writes in the New York Post:
The latest PC outrage is that terrible husbands, especially those in the public eye, are praising their wives. Yes, that's right, these awful men are saying nice things about their better halves, and they're being annoyingly effusive about it. We can't let them get away with it!There's even a new name for them: "wife guys."
The term has been circulating on woke Web sites for some time, but lately it has crossed over into the mainstream.
In The New York Times last month, Amanda Hess offered this account of the latest enemy of wokeness: "The wife guy defines himself through a kind of overreaction to being married. His wife hurt herself, and he filmed it. He is sexually attracted to his wife, and he talks about it as if he were some kind of hero.
...On The Cut site, Madeleine Aggeler rips into these candidates as "the type of man who calls his wife his hero as a way of acknowledging the fact that he has forced her to shoulder the responsibilities of their family life alone while he pursues his political dreams, in exchange for which she will face intrusive and overwhelming public scrutiny. (My hero!)"
That we have no idea what's going on in each of these marriages is irrelevant. Delaney met his wife in law school, and she went on to found her own "international, satellite-based, Internet-services company." Perhaps she's his hero because she's super-smart and accomplished.
P.S. I say nice things about Gregg, too. Luckily, as a woman, there's no name for that other than, maybe...loving?
I'm now convinced that most post-modern feminists are women who have severe emotional and sexual dysfunctions, and are acting them out by cosplaying at feminism.
Cousin Dave at July 3, 2019 5:51 AM
Ah, the joys of being unmarried.
I R A Darth Aggie at July 3, 2019 6:30 AM
Demanding everything and pleased by nothing -- I think we have a perfect archetype to describe this bunch.
They must have been perfectly obnoxious children, the type nobody wanted to play with.
Old RPM Daddy (OldRPMDaddy at GMail dot com) at July 3, 2019 6:33 AM
Oh no! Men are sexually attracted by their wives! The horror!
Well Cousin Dave the feminist movement has pretty much accomplished all of the goals it originally set out to accomplish. But organizations don't vanish after they succeed. Instead all the sane people leave and move on with their lives while the crazies are left behind to run things.
Ben at July 3, 2019 6:51 AM
So, does that condemnation of men who celebrate their wives include Douglas Emhoff, who tweeted about his wife rushing home between LA events to prepare jerk chicken marinade for their Mother's Day feast?
Or is he given a pass from feminist ridicule because his marinade preparing wife is a high-profile Democratic US Senator and current candidate for president and his tweet was actually a prepared campaign stunt?
Conan the Grammarian at July 3, 2019 7:12 AM
Forget it, Jake.
It's the Internet.
Gog_Magog_Carpet_Reclaimers at July 3, 2019 10:32 AM
It's funny because stereotypes of Americans are almost totally inverted overseas. The men are seen as doting and generous in relationships while their women are believed to be self centered and neurotic. They are considered to be the least desirable women to marry among white and Asian nationalities.
You can see where that stereotype comes from.
andrea at July 3, 2019 12:22 PM
So if you keep your wife home and she does not have a career, that is oppression, but if you let her go out and start a successful business, you are using her? Color me confused.
cc at July 3, 2019 4:57 PM
Nah, you're saying nice things about Gregg means yer a husband chick. Or in your case, a boyfriend chick or a common-law-husband chick.
mpetrie98 at July 3, 2019 7:35 PM
It is head I win tails you lose CC. Lots of people like to try an play that game. And then they get mad when the other guy refuses to play.
Ben at July 4, 2019 1:49 AM
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