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‘Submitting to my husband like it's 1959': Why I became a TradWife ¦ BBC Stories

17 January 2020

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… Video by YouTube channel.

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