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CMV: The "first lady" job should end

Reason #1 - It is an outdated, archaic pratice that has no place in a modern republic.

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Back in the days of monarchy, when you were the king, your son was the prince. Should you die, he would rule and be the new king. If the president/prime minister dies, his/her son doesn't get to be the new president/prime minister. So why should, these days, someone be granted a title based on marriage alone?

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Reason #2 - It is nepotism pure and simple.

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If you argue that some form of charity done by the presidential office is important, shouldn't that job be given to a professional who has actual experience in doing it, instead of a random person that simply happens to be in the family of the president/prime minister?  


Reason #3 - It inferiorizes women.

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Barack Obama's first lady was Michelle. Trump's is Melania. Now, do you know who Angela Merkel's "first husband/man" is? Do you know who was the "first man" of Brazil's Dilma Roussef? You probably don't and the reason is: when men are in power, it's okay for their women to be their "helpers", coming right behind them. Now, when a woman is in power it would be "weird" for their men to walk behind them taking a subordinate position. Maybe that's another sign that the job is not really necessary. I mean, if it becomes vacant for 4/5 years and nobody even notices...

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Reason #4 - It takes our attention away from the important stuff

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As the internet would say, government is serious business. A president/prime minister can take millions of people out of poverty, initiate a nuclear war, etc. When he have people discussing whether the current first lady is prettier than the previous one or not, wheter her clothes are adequate to a certain a event or not... That takes attention from the important stuff and transforms the "first family" into some sort of reality show couple. People stop debating tax rates and, instead, start asking if the first lady doesn't care about her husband's flings...

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Reason #5 - It reinforces the idea that the "traditional family" is the "proper" right one.

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The president/prime minister is elected, pictures start flooding the internet and magazines. Who's in these pictures? The president, the "first lady" and, hopefully, the two first kids and the first dog, as well. Now, put yourself in the shoes of a transgender person, a single lady, a sixty years old man who never had kids or a dog... Won't the fact that the "first family" is always different from yours start giving you feelings of inadequacy and make you question what you're doing "wrong" (even though you're not doing anything wrong at all, it just so happens that this tale tells you that you cannot be successful - or happy, for that matter-  if your family does not look like every single family in power since the dawn of time)?

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What am I getting wrong here?
gpt
> Now, do you know who Angela Merkel's "first husband/man" is? Do you know who was the "first man" of Brazil's Dilma Roussef? You probably don't and the reason is: when men are in power, it's okay for their women to be their "helpers", coming right behind them.

I think the reason is that those countries never placed any importance on the "first spouse" in the first place. Do you know who Justin Trudeau's wife is? David Cameron's? Bolsonaro's? Shinzo Abe's?