(CNN) Melania Trump's experience as first lady seems to be following an unfortunate tradition. First ladies have many things in common: no job description, no pay and, for many of them, humiliating betrayals by their husbands. Although this kind of behavior appears to have been normalized throughout presidencies, it is becoming less and less tolerated by the public -- and with Melania Trump, by first ladies themselves. This shift is happening, perhaps in part, because of the cultural shift brought on by the #MeToo movement. His wife, Lady Bird, would sometimes be in the same room and would plead with him to stop embarrassing her.

Source: CNN February 19, 2018 23:15 UTC