In the era of Mad Men , the "Office Wife" was a literal role: a female secretary who managed a male executive’s life. By the 2000s sitcom era ( The Office , 30 Rock ), it evolved into a tongue-in-cheek term for a platonic, hyper-efficient work pair.
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The Rise and Fall of the ‘Office Wife’: Why Workplace Intimacy Needs New Language In the era of Mad Men , the
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But calling her the "Office Wife" often comes with unpaid emotional labor and zero of the legal benefits of marriage. 😅
Let’s retire the term “Office Wife” (and “Office Husband”).