MediaMyopic

The image of Silda Spitzer, a successful, driven and seemingly independent woman, stand belittled at the podium beside her husband Eliot Spitzer as he revealed — to his constituency and the world — his philandering with prostitutes, is a rather unsettling one given this period in time. While I’m not one to tout feminist theory, I certainly expect more from women given the progress made since the 60s. And women should be ashamed of her — not because she was the root of the conflict for ‘not pleasing her man,’ as quack Laura Schlessinger suggested, — but because she’s treating infidelity with such nonchalance. Today marriage is more of a mirage, a front or political manuever (as Hillary Clinton has shown us) rather than an act of sanctity. When were relationships reduced to PR moves? There should have been one person at that podium facing the repercussions of his actions. And the issue is far from isolated: new NY Governor David Paterson recently admitted to a number of extramarital affairs, and Chelsea Clinton snapped at a Butler University student who questioned Hillary’s decision to ’stand by’ Bill after getting busy with an overweight intern sporting a beret. Ah well, at least Tammy Wynette’s singing your praises.