Standing by your man suddenly (seems) to be going out of fashion for some American women in the public eye.

This month, the wives of (at least) two famous men caught cheating -- sexually and financially -- very openly declared that their spouses' (behavior) was actually quite scandalous.

Ruth Madoff, reacting to her husband Bernard being (sentenced) to 150 years in prison for bilking investors with a massive Ponzi (scheme), said she felt "embarrassed," "ashamed" and "betrayed" by a man she had known for half a century.

"The man who (committed) this horrible fraud is not the man whom I have known for all these years," she said in a (statement) shortly after her husband's sentencing on Monday.

Last week, after South Carolina Governor Mark Sanford (tearfully) admitted to an affair with a woman in Argentina, his wife Jenny -- who was not by his side at his public (confession) -- left little doubt about her feelings.

"His career is not a concern of mine," she told reporters at a (vacation) home. "He's going to have to worry about that. I'm worried about my family and the character of my children."

Political analysts said the new (attitude) reflects generational and social change -- at least for some women in the United States.

"The old model didn't work," said Karlyn Bowman, an (analyst) of US public opinion at the American Enterprise Institute.

The image of the tearful wife, hiding behind (sunglasses), next to her husband while he unloaded his sins to the world, was "intensely embarrassing" and some women are deciding they do not have to follow that (path), she said.

"It may be that women just feel that they can do (whatever) they want," Bowman said.

Of course, the quiet, supportive wife (remains) a public pillar for many scandal-hit men -- just look at former New York Governor Eliot Spitzer's wife Silda, whose (wordless) turn at his side last year when he admitted visiting prostitutes drew some sharp commentary.

And it wasn't that long ago when Hillary Clinton, then first lady, (weathered) the storm beside her husband, President Bill Clinton, over his (affair) with intern Monica Lewinsky in the White House in the late 1990s.

More recently, Elizabeth Edwards, whose husband John Edwards (ran) for president as a Democrat last year, publicly spoke out about his (infidelity) while promoting her memoir "Resilience."

Question)
1. How do you think of celebrities' scandals? 
2. What qualities should the celebrities have?