‘Submitting to my husband like it's 1959': Why I became a #TradWife
NOTHING TRADITIONAL ABOUT IT. THE GENDER ROLE WAS CREATED BY THE US ARMY AND THE SOCIOLOGY DEPARTMENT AT COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY FOR RETURNING ENLISTED MEN TO FANTASIZE ABOUT WHILE GETTING WOMEN OUT OF THE FACTORIES AND INTO THE HOME IN TAFFETA DRESSES, AND HEELS WITH THE LATEST IN KITCHEN AIDES.
#TradWives is a growing movement of women who promote ultra-traditional gender roles.
Search the hashtag ‘#tradwife’ on social media and you’ll see images of cooked dinners and freshly-baked cakes with captions like, “A woman’s place is in the home” or “Trying to be a man is a waste of a woman”.
The term ‘tradwife’ is particularly controversial because of its associations with the far right, especially in the United States. But many self-described tradwives reject that association.
Alena, who lives in the UK, says it’s about “submitting to and spoiling her husband like it’s 1959” - as well as supporting a return to “traditional English manners, lifestyle and values.”
Produced and filmed by Alex Gatenby
Executive Producer: Rob Brown
Commissioning Editor: Nisha Diu
- 17 Jan 2020
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