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radical noodle

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2. While it certainly isn't for me

Reply to pat_k (Original post)

Fri Jul 26, 2024, 12:55 AM

Jul 26

and I don't believe it's wise for most women to go that direction, I do believe it's their choice to make. I think it will be interesting to see how that works out for them by the time they're older and the kids are gone (and possibly the husband as well).

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When did tradwives become a thing? [View all] pat_k Jul 26 OP

There were never that many "trad wives" and not for very long. Women and kids were frequently worked to brewens Jul 26 #1

Yes. pat_k Jul 26 #10

My husband knows better than to expect that kind of workload from me. calimary Jul 26 #11

In the 1800s, your husband might not be responsible at all for you being force to work long days in brewens Jul 26 #17

While it certainly isn't for me radical noodle Jul 26 #2

I don't think it is so simple... pat_k Jul 26 #6

Scary, isn't it? radical noodle Jul 26 #23

It's an influencer thing. meadowlander Jul 26 #3

Just a new form of all the "conduct" literature... pat_k Jul 26 #8

Here's some Tradwife nightmare fuel by way of "Ballerina Farm" hatrack Jul 26 #30

I don't think the dangers of such glorification of subservience. . . pat_k Jul 26 #35

Enthusiastic K & R EYESORE 9001 Jul 26 #4

More like the Stepford Wives Joinfortmill Jul 26 #5

Knr spooky3 Jul 26 #7

It's a leftover from tv's past. duncang Jul 26 #9

And from womens' perspectives "18 Kids and Counting" normalised Fundamentalist mega-families. meadowlander Jul 26 #12

See reply upthread (link) pat_k Jul 26 #36

Or fearing that every single cut or injury would lead to death misanthrope Jul 26 #14

I have always thought that those who long for the "good old days" LastDemocratInSC Jul 26 #38

A lot of people could benefit by reading "The Way We Never Were" by Stephanie Coontz misanthrope Jul 26 #13

Thanks! pat_k Jul 26 #25

Well, the book is a few decades old misanthrope Jul 26 #31

Sounds like it needs a comeback! (nt) pat_k Jul 26 #37

Quiverfull LITE JCMach1 Jul 26 #15

Children akin to a quiverfull of arrows? pat_k Jul 26 #28

It's a Christo Nationalist Cult ... The term tradwife is basically a JCMach1 Jul 26 #41

Its a grift vercetti2021 Jul 26 #16

What years are they going for? Old Crank Jul 26 #18

Jack Jones - Wives and Lovers NBachers Jul 26 #19

I'm a Boomer. Straw Man Jul 26 #20

Before she married, my mother had two degrees (BA & MA) from no_hypocrisy Jul 26 #21

An OP of mine on tradwives, it is almost 3 years old Celerity Jul 26 #22

It's been around for a while. mucholderthandirt Jul 26 #24

Thank you. pat_k Jul 26 #39

It isn't. It is meme bot bullshit campaign. Voltaire2 Jul 26 #26

As scholars and others have documented, families of color spooky3 Jul 26 #27

It's a fairly ***NARROW*** thing, mostly privileged non poc uponit7771 Jul 26 #29

A relative was offered an internship at IBM upon graduating from college in the 1980's . She got married instead. Peregrine Took Jul 26 #32

I haven't read Hillbilly Eiegy, but... pat_k Jul 26 #33

Is there a "tradhusbands?" leftstreet Jul 26 #34

Doesn't look like there is a pat_k Jul 26 #40