Second gentleman Douglas Emhoff appears to be like up as he excursions an exhibition on the Petit Palais museum with French first woman Brigitte Macron and artist Jean-Michel Othoniel, proper.
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Second gentleman Douglas Emhoff appears to be like up as he excursions an exhibition on the Petit Palais museum with French first woman Brigitte Macron and artist Jean-Michel Othoniel, proper.
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It was a light-hearted second on the finish of the primary diplomatic journey overseas for Vice President Kamala Harris and her husband, Doug Emhoff.
Earlier than she received on Air Pressure Two to return to Washington, Harris, who loves to cook, made a fast cease at E. Dehillerin, the long-lasting purveyor of cookware.
“I’m trying round, however I wish to purchase a pot,” Harris informed the pool of reporters in tow, as she gazed up at rows and rows of copper pots hanging from pegboard, and Emhoff awkwardly stood by.
One requested whether or not the second gentleman is an efficient cook dinner. “He is an apprentice,” Harris stated, chuckling. “She taught me throughout COVID,” Emhoff stated, “out of necessity after nearly burning down our condominium, then I received a bit of bit higher.”
This was one among many examples the place Emhoff, on his first diplomatic journey overseas with the vp, confirmed how he takes a really conventional strategy to the unpaid and unheralded position as second partner — and but utilizing it to ship a message about gender fairness, which he has chosen as a key precedence.
Emhoff stays within the mould of dutiful political partner
As Harris visited the Surenes American Cemetery to pay tribute to People who died in World Struggle I and II, she peppered the tour information with questions. Decorum dictated that it was the vp’s second. Emhoff stood by, quiet, often touching a grave marker with respect.
As America’s first second gentleman, Emhoff is “following the same old patterns, taking part in the a part of the dutiful political partner — very supportive,” stated Katherine Jellison, a professor of ladies and gender historical past at Ohio College.
People nonetheless see Emhoff as a little bit of a novelty, and surprise what he can be like as first partner if Harris sooner or later runs for workplace and wins, she stated. For Europeans, he’s much less of a curiosity.
“For Europeans, they’ve seen male spouses of high-ranking officers, together with heads of state, way more so than is the case right here within the U.S.,” Jellison stated.
On the Paris journey, Emhoff had the standard go to with French first woman Brigitte Macron, touring an artwork gallery. And he escorted Harris to a dinner for world leaders on the Élysée palace.
However one factor that is totally different for Emhoff from the second spouses who’ve gone earlier than him: there is a distinct lack of curiosity about what he wears, Jellison stated.
Keith Stadler, the superintendent of the Suresnes American Cemetery, speaks with Vice President Harris and her husband, Doug Emhoff, on Nov. 10.
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Keith Stadler, the superintendent of the Suresnes American Cemetery, speaks with Vice President Harris and her husband, Doug Emhoff, on Nov. 10.
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Vice President Harris and her husband Douglas Emhoff arrive for a dinner on the Elysee Palace as a part of the Paris Peace Discussion board.
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Vice President Harris and her husband Douglas Emhoff arrive for a dinner on the Elysee Palace as a part of the Paris Peace Discussion board.
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Emhoff has his personal platform, too
Emhoff, an leisure lawyer by commerce, is instructing a legislation class at Georgetown College. However he spends most of his time selling the administration’s priorities, together with COVID-19 vaccines. He has visited 30 states since January.
In Paris, whereas Harris’ days have been spent primarily in closed-door diplomatic conferences, Emhoff had extra of an outward-facing cultural trade.
It was an honor to go to the Shoah Museum, an establishment that carries the sacred duty of remembering the lives misplaced within the Holocaust and the timeless lesson that every era should at all times heed – by no means once more. https://t.co/VY9XTwc2yN
— Douglas Emhoff (@SecondGentleman) November 12, 2021
In France, as Harris wrapped up a press convention and rushed off in a motorcade to debate developments in Libya with a gaggle of world leaders, Emhoff visited a culinary institute and met with college students studying to cook dinner and bake — a hanging reversal of gender roles.
Second gentleman Doug Emhoff meets with interns throughout a go to to a culinary faculty in Paris on Nov. 12.
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Second gentleman Doug Emhoff meets with interns throughout a go to to a culinary faculty in Paris on Nov. 12.
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A day earlier, Emhoff held a listening session on gender fairness whereas Harris was on the Paris Peace Discussion board, the place she gave an handle centered on rising inequality around the globe.
“One in every of issues I’ve realized from being married to Kamala Harris is that to be first in so many issues is difficult. She stated as soon as that breaking limitations includes breaking, and if you break one thing typically you get reduce, and if you get reduce, typically you bleed… Nevertheless it’s value it,” he stated on the finish of his occasion.
Emhoff stated he thinks males must do extra to assist ladies, one thing he stated he is at all times achieved “on the common” as “the fitting factor to do.”
“Males must step up and be a part of the answer and never be a part of the issue,” he stated. “I’ll do every little thing I can on this position to maintain on messaging that.”
Douglas Emhoff at a listening session on gender fairness in Paris. He stated a part of his position is sending a message on how males can assist ladies. “Males must step up and be a part of the answer,” he stated.
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Douglas Emhoff at a listening session on gender fairness in Paris. He stated a part of his position is sending a message on how males can assist ladies. “Males must step up and be a part of the answer,” he stated.
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