First to Serve

Now that Hilary has dropped out, the debate over what Bill Clinton would be called is over...I guess. Is he the First Husband, First Man..First what? Well, my question is why are Senator's wives and Governor's wives called First Ladies? What is the male equivilant to that? I mean, there are women Senators...we have come that far. I suppose it is just a question of semantics, but it feels more like a question of identity. The woman is immediately titled as the man's wife. He is important, and she is important by relation? or just important to him? or just simply, it is a title to identify her as the wife? A man standing behind his wife who holds a position in office is not belittled by being catagorized as first anything. He gets to be identified by his name. Wow! Oh well. Maybe if the First Lady does enough charity work she will get a name also.