http://www.haaretz.com/print-edition/opinion/the-monster-1.353747
Sara Netanyahu is right when she says she's being put on the spot but the real target is her husband. This is the price of being married to a controversial leader who shuns responsibilities and tough decisions.
The Beatles broke up when I was five, and my elder brother told me why: because of Yoko Ono. John Lennon's dominating wife insisted on joining the band, the other boys didn't agree and the Fab Four broke up forever. This was the popular narrative of that calamity, and I internalized the subtext: In every famous couple, the man takes care of status and success and the woman bears responsibility for the failures.
This model is embedded in our culture, ever since the story of Adam and Eve. We have been trained to believe that the wives of leaders and rock stars ride on their backs and effortlessly enjoy the prestige, power, limousines and suites, but are never happy and will forever make demands, or try to run their husbands' careers and decide on all the important things. The famous husband is presented as a victim who made a mistake in choosing a spouse and pays for the choice by being expelled from Paradise. Link
