So Caitlin asked her man twitter followers to vote on their ideal celebrity wife "for a thing" yesterday....
Can anyone explain to me the phenomenon exhibited in the replies? Liza Tarbuck, Sara Cox, Kathy Burke, Gillian Anderson, Emma Thompson, Michelle Obama.... I like all these women but, I'm sorry, am I being cynical or are these BS answers to "best celebrity wife"? There seems to be a specific species of middle class man who likes to affirm their progressiveness by refusing to admit they fancy underwear models and instead pretending they are solely interested in middle-aged, fairly average looking, op-ed writing media types?
I mean perhaps this is totally legitimate, but I don't think women feel guilty about admitted their fantasy celeb husband would be Brad Pitt so why do some guys feel the need to pretend the height of their fantasies are these pointedly "real women". Is it because they are then patted on the head by the likes of Caitlin, who approvingly calls these choices "very cheering". I think the implication is its a nice surprise to find out men don't just want a load of 25 year old footballers girlfriends...but to be honest it just seems to prove a lot of guys are using women to disingenuously position themselves as "good" men.