Meaning of tradwife | Babel Free

Definitions

A wife who fulfills a traditional gender role based on Western middle-class femininity of the mid twentieth century.

slang

Examples

“Ms. Jorgenson is being interviewed on Radio 3Fourteen, a white supremacist talk⟳ radio program⟳; it is interviewing her because she considers herself a tradwife.”

“Blond and blue-eyed, just like⟳ the #tradwife ideal, but her eyes held a fierceness that overshadowed her fame.”

“He notes that many “white supremacists call⟳ for 'tradwives'—traditional wives—to produce⟳ more white children” (ibid.), an association between misogyny and racism.”

“I hate⟳ her, hate⟳ groups, incel, tradwives, the fact that I don't usually hate⟳ anybody, ...”

“The tradwife movement is one of the most concerning trends to have⟳ emerged in the past few years, with more and more women looking to switch⟳ their careers and independence for tending to hearth and home - and every will of their husbands.”

“Reactionary motifs are chic: Trump hats and “tradwife” frocks, monarchist and anti-feminist sentiments. Perhaps the ultimate expression of this contrarian aesthetic is its embrace of Catholicism.”

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