Judith Brett (Opinion, 24/9) finds the term "doctors' wives" extraordinarily patronising. Far more patronising surely is Brett's claim that women are, somehow, morally superior to men.
My understanding of "doctors' wives" is that it objectively describes a certain class of women that is, in essence, so relatively distant from, and independent of, any economic pressure or material need (rather like tenured academics) that it can afford the luxury of making economically destructive choices like supporting the Australian Greens.
It has nothing whatsoever to do with whether or not they vote "in the economic interests of their husbands". Indeed, as an extended metaphor, it could well include men anyway.
This new, educated, wealthy elite is quite unlike the middle-class Liberal supporters of the Menzies period. It has much in common with Brett's "pinko, inner-city latte drinkers": time-rich, irresponsible, narcissistic and full of moral superiority.
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