Married women, especially those married to people of high power, have developed a system to keep their spouses looking and behaving as young as possible. What they use is other women with whom they make fun of their spouses.

The prototype for this kind of bullying could be found in the White House with Bill Clinton and Hillary. Of course, the prototype isn’t quite right here. Cleopatra was a possible rat used by Mark Anthony to seduce married Caesar. But we want to use a couple that we’re all familiar with, and of course Bill Clinton’s White House antics are a thing of history.

It is historically accurate to say that Monica Lewinski was deliberately brought into the White House after a Secret Service background check. She liked grown men, she had been involved in an incestuous relationship and belonged to an upper class Jewish family class. All of these qualities were probably investigated by the Clinton camp and brought her in and gave her very close access to the president, almost like a daughter.

Where I live, a woman with strong ties to the underworld is married to a lawyer. She has a flirtatious eye and the tender “I don’t know what I’d do without my daughter” pleas to clients to elicit her sympathy and other favors from her is almost hypnotic. She is well aware of what she is doing and has been caught listening by turning on the intercom and agrees with him. Her teasing and her awareness add sharpness to her sexual moments. He sings with pride when he and his wife have sex, literally.

Many other couples have adopted his practice as they never get tangled up with the law for his violation of the client’s rights. These other couples use secretaries, maids, relatives and some have entered the practice of blackmailing their victims.

The final analysis is that the longevity of the spouses is increased and for them who cares about the longevity of their hired rats.