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wife v. To downplay a women's career accomplishments in favour of her abilities as wife and mother.

Example Citation:
"While we are on the subject of success, a Media Culpa is due Liddy Dole. I was among those who publicly feared that she would be 'wifed' into oblivion after she quit her job to follow her man down the ole campaign trail. But Ramrod and Rainbow, as the Secret Service calls them, are now in reruns as the Senator and the Secretary."
—Ellen Goodman, "It's media-culpa time again," The Boston Globe, December 29, 1988

Related Words:
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cronehood
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stepwife
waitress mom
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Subject Categories:
Language - Verbed Nouns
Sociology - Marriage and Relationships

Posted on October 24, 1996


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