A second grade student from Ft. Belvoir Elementary School in Virginia reads her assignment to Dr. Jill Biden on June 22, 2010. Photo by U.S. Navy Petty Officer 2nd Class William Selby | Department of Defense
“Madame First Lady—Mrs. Biden—Jill—kiddo,” was how an opinion piece by Joseph Epstein in the Wall Street Journal began.
Epstein penned an op-ed, asking Dr. Jill Biden to drop the “Dr.” in her title, which he claimed “feels fraudulent, not to say a touch comic,” and instead refer to herself in a manner that makes Mr. Epstein (and many other conservative men) more comfortable: as the wife of the president-elect, a married woman, a woman without a title, or a kid.
While many denounced the opinion piece as obtuse and misogynistic (which it was), I also found it far too familiar.