This week, Kansas City Chiefs kicker Harrison Butker drew fire for comments he made during a graduation speech at Benedictine College. Short for “traditional wife,” the tradwife is a woman who forgoes a professional career to devote herself exclusively to being a wife, mother, and homemaker. By contrast, today’s tradwives tend to minimize the difficulties of domesticity and instead present a decidedly crafted image of bliss. Even those with concerns about the #tradwife movement understand this. But these underlying tensions also reveal the inherent contradiction at the heart of the tradwife movement: It lacks imagination insofar as it limits itself to women.

Source: Forbes May 19, 2024 12:42 UTC