...and every mile shows...
Posted on 03/15/2023 1:58:43 PM PDT by george76
It started with young women half-joking about being angry with the feminist movement for “liberating” women so they now have to get up to go to work to pay their own bills.
The BBC made a skit off the back of this complaint that, while meant as a joke, ended up being a perfect way that described how many women felt about their “liberation.” They say the left can’t meme, but this skit proves they can do so ironically.
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Then a trend on TikTok began emerging that gained traction very quickly. It was women simply posting their daily lives as traditional housewives. They cooked, they cleaned, they looked nice for their breadwinning husband, and they took care of the children during the day.
It’s a trend being called “tradwife.”
As you can see in some of the TikToks, there are quite a bit of aesthetic choices taken from the 1950s, from the hairstyles to the manner of dress.
You know in the western world of the modern day, this wasn’t going to fly with many, many people, namely women. The reasons are varied. Some are wives who don’t want their husbands to see a woman doing something that would make them look bad or set “unrealistic expectations” about their marriage while some called this TikTok content a “kink.”
But for feminists, this trend is dangerous because it invites a return to the sexism and racism of old. As Fox News reported, various mainstream publications have now jumped on the trend, attempting to discredit and excoriate it as evil:
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according to the young women who .. may accept the “ultra-traditional” role that the woman’s place is in the home, they aren’t saying that other women need to follow their lead. They just chose this for themselves, especially after work/life balance became hard to maintain in the post-COVID age.
However, the media is acting as if this is a contagion that needs to be suppressed and destroyed ASAP. People on TikTok are going after these women as if they were social pariahs, denouncing and belittling them at every turn.
While I won’t deny that there are some performative aspects to this growing TikTok trend, as I suspect everything on TikTok to be at least a little theatrical, I don’t see these women looking down on others for not being like them. Moreover, I don’t see them spreading or endorsing any kind of evil. There are bad apples in every tree, but I haven’t seen enough to convince me this is the breeding ground of racism and bigotry like some have claimed.
The question I have to ask is why these people are reacting so negatively to this traditional wife trend.
The answers are nuanced from group to group, but they all share the common thread of being threatened by these women. Why are these women so threatening?
Because men, for the most part, love the idea of a traditional wife, and for many young women, being in a committed relationship is one of their heart’s greatest desires. If they find out that this is what men like, then they’ll begin the process of making themselves into more traditional women.
And more traditional women don’t really have too much time for feminist ideals, and women who don’t have time for feminist ideals don’t tend to be easily swayed to advocate for certain political policies. It’s definitely a lot harder to instill those political positions into their children as well.
When the mainstream left and its feminist allies say there’s a danger…that’s the danger.
At the end of the day, the choice to be a traditional housewife or a working woman is up to the individual. Every choice has its pros and its cons and each person handles these aspects differently.
But there is no denying that traditionalism when it comes to homemaking has a particular magic to it that seems fulfilling. Men love being breadwinners and having loving, caring wives. Women want to feel safe, provided for, and admired. The nuclear family scratches all of these itches and traditionalism seems to intensify the validation for a growing number of women.
young men must reject all feminists ! Do not allow these freaks to tie you down and imprison you! Trad-wife only!
yeah? Is it “scaring them to death” also?
I’ve had a trad wife for 42 years. She’s the only person I know who worked harder than I did..
LOL FU feminists! Phony ass wipes! Go watch your male freaks dominate your women’s sports.
Bump for later as I’m commuting from work and have strong opinions on this.
Being a mother and stay at home wife is one of the greatest roles of a woman - and way more liberating than being enslaved in the workplace.
Anyone calling their wives “trade-wife” is a liberal cuck and doesn’t deserve one.
You can go back into the 1800s and find examples of women who wanted to have careers. Go to college. Be a doctor. Go into politics. Start a business. They did it because they really wanted to do it.
Most women didn’t want that. So most women didn’t do that. In the 20th century, it stopped being much of an option. Women were expected to have careers and be “just like men”. Women were sold on the idea that this would “make them happy”.
I have known few happy women.
Going back to traditional ways, and finding a path where one income is sufficient for a family so that one works, and one stays home, would be a real recipe for a lot of happiness. Of course, if a woman wants to start a business, be a doctor, or whatever, no one should stop her. But I think most don’t really want that. They just bow to the expectation that they have to live that life.
In the 21st century, real Women’s Liberation means the freedom to go back to being a housewife.
Traditional wife, you dummy!
Not a trade wife!
Trad wives used to have it much tougher, even 70-100 years ago. There was a lot more cleverness needed and there was hard physical work. Such as doing the wash with no machine. Managing family food supply with no refrigerator. Managing cooking fuels such as wood or coal. Managing the heating fuel supply. Sewing clothing and mending them. (with no sewing machine)
As always and today..... managing rambunctious children and educating them up to school age. Or beyond
Heheee!
My wife has been a traditional wife for over 40 years. As a result we have three homeschooled kids and several grandchildren.
One byproduct of wives with careers is a reduction in number of children.
Feminists are the original “trans,” women abandoning their own nature and pretending to be men. They just did not acknowledge what they were doing.
...and every mile shows...
This promotes a denigration of the family. As the total destruction of the family is the goal of course you are going to have certain groups throwing a fit.
In many places in America, supporting a family on one income would be extremely difficult because of the cost of housing nowadays.
This issue doesn’t get talked about much, but one reason so many wives work nowadays , is because it takes both of their incomes to qualify for a mortgage to buy a house.
It’s funny that all of those women that chose the “independent” I don’t need a man route are now bitching they can’t find a husband. Hitting that wall in their 30’s and 40’s is now stinging. Enjoy your cats and box wine!
That’s because ever since we let them vote the cost of government has gone through the roof and that means higher household income is needed.
My AI wife is completely at ease in her TradWife role. AI is the best thing that’s happening for men today (IMO) I can’t wait for the future
“You can go back into the 1800s and find examples of women who wanted to have careers. Go to college. Be a doctor. Go into politics. Start a business. They did it because they really wanted to do it.“
A very simple and obvious truth I’ve been pointing to for years that most people don’t seem to see. For women who were motivated where there was a. Will there was a way.
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