What if...?

A woman is elected U.S. President?

Maybe not likely to happen in my lifetime, but someday it's gotta, right? (Let's pray it's never the likes of her or her.)

So my question is: If the United States (male) President's mate is a First Lady, what would we call a female U.S. President's (male) spouse? Obviously, a female partner or spouse for a president with two X chromosomes would still be a First Lady. And wouldn't that piss off the neocons?

Is the answer to this conundrum somewhere within our national documents? Would Ms. President's spouse be First Man? (That's kinda biblical for my tastes.) First Gentleman? (Sounds like she paid for an escort.) First Husband? (Does that imply that, because this mystery woman will be president, she will have a second husband?) First Mister? (Sounds kind of pervy, don't ya think?)

If we're ever going to have a female president, I think we need to settle this matter soon. Fixing up the rules to apply to our debut Ms. Prez can only encourage more women to seek the office. One day.

Otherwise, do away with the whole First Lady title. How white-gloved and Stepfordized can a title get? (Oh, wait, it's become ever more Stepford-ized with each and every photo and appearance of the plasticine Ms. W.B. Creepy.)