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submitted 2 years ago by jeffw@lemmy.world to c/politics@lemmy.world

If the average American were asked what they imagine the priorities of the feminist movement are these days, most people would likely cite concerns like "fighting abortion bans" or "getting justice for sexual violence victims" or boring mainstays like "equal pay for equal work." But if you listen in to the world of right-wing social media influencers, they have a different answer. To them, feminists are single-mindedly obsessed with destroying women who identify as "tradwives."

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[-] HelixDab2@lemm.ee 30 points 2 years ago

I'm curious how all these alt-right (e.g., white supremacist/christian nationalists) think that they're going to be able to afford a family--since the very concept of a tradwife is rooted in having a large family--when their wife is going to be entirely a stay-at-home wife? What kind of career do they think that they're going to have? Are they in medical school, or prepping for the bar exam? Did they just finish their MBA?

[-] Dagwood222@lemm.ee 27 points 2 years ago

The funny thing is that the GOP were the ones who destroyed the middle class. In 1968, one job supporting a family of four with a stay at home mom was the norm. Nixon's Vietnam War inflation [he paid for the war with paper money to avoid raising taxes] combined with the Oil Boycott made more and more families dependent on a second job to keep going. After three terms or Reaganomics, the two income family was the norm. Meanwhile, $1 million in 1968 was a vast fortune, and by 1993 it was what a rich guy paid for a party.

[-] billiam0202@lemmy.world 13 points 2 years ago

They fantasize about being a local warlord when society breaks down.

[-] dangblingus@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 2 years ago

Shhh. You'll just confuse them. Let them have their fantasy and economic ruin.

[-] Pat_Riot@lemmy.today 14 points 2 years ago

No. That gets the rest of us economic ruin as well

[-] HelixDab2@lemm.ee 5 points 2 years ago

If it only affected them, and not just their (potential) children, I'd be fine with that. But growing up in that kind of family ain't no way to start life.

Honestly, if you make enough money that you can be a solid tradhusband, and you find a woman that wants to be a tradwife, that's fine! Do that thing if that's what you want. But slipping into poverty because you need to live out fantasy visions of masculinity, and dragging your family with you? Naw.

[-] papertowels@lemmy.one 3 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Yuuup. Both my wife (and myself for that matter) said it'd be great to be a stay at home spouse. But then the other person would have to make double the money, and that's not happening...

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