"In “The Blueprint to Save America,” the Republican Study Committee’s fiscal report from June 2022, the group repeatedly emphasizes that marriage and family should be the focus of government spending instead of the social safety net...[W]e rarely consider that marriage itself can be a form of entrapment. For example, husbands add seven hours of domestic labor per week for their wives, while a wife reduces her husband’s labor by an hour a week. Additionally, almost 20% of American marriages involve some form of physical violence, with emotional abuse even more prevalent. Women do more child-rearing and more adjusting of their careers to accommodate family and domestic partnership. And there is a lot of evidence that supports the idea that divorced women are happier. Not to mention that single mothers have more leisure time and get more sleep than their married counterparts." https://www.latimes.com/opinion/story/2024-02-16/single-motherhood-parenting-marriage-poverty
Thank you Knitwish and Matthew for your thoughtful perspectives. A reminder, in case other readers want to share their views on tradwife life: At Article Club we don’t debate issues to find one right answer. We read and see how the articles move us and then share our views in the spirit of connection and empathy. Thank you!
Biblical marriage is, in essence, chattel slavery. At home or at work, women are always required to mold themselves to make men look good. Today, few families can survive without both parents working. There aren’t enough men making the kind of money to support both a wife and children with a McMansion. I recall a study in which men and women were asked what scared them most about the other sex. Most men said, “that she’ll laugh at me.” A majority of women said, “That he’ll kill me.” This is patriarchy & nothing’s changed. Tradwife influencers are trying to find money of their own by peddling toxic relationship; tradmarriage is prostitution wrapped in a bow. (Ask me how I really feel.)
Great articles this week. While I don’t agree with this idea, since I’m disabled to a point and I consider myself a tradhusband about 50% of the time, I believe it can go either way
"In “The Blueprint to Save America,” the Republican Study Committee’s fiscal report from June 2022, the group repeatedly emphasizes that marriage and family should be the focus of government spending instead of the social safety net...[W]e rarely consider that marriage itself can be a form of entrapment. For example, husbands add seven hours of domestic labor per week for their wives, while a wife reduces her husband’s labor by an hour a week. Additionally, almost 20% of American marriages involve some form of physical violence, with emotional abuse even more prevalent. Women do more child-rearing and more adjusting of their careers to accommodate family and domestic partnership. And there is a lot of evidence that supports the idea that divorced women are happier. Not to mention that single mothers have more leisure time and get more sleep than their married counterparts." https://www.latimes.com/opinion/story/2024-02-16/single-motherhood-parenting-marriage-poverty
Fascinating. Thank you for the great article selections on a phenomenon I knew nothing about. Who needs TikTok when you have Article Club!
Thank you Knitwish and Matthew for your thoughtful perspectives. A reminder, in case other readers want to share their views on tradwife life: At Article Club we don’t debate issues to find one right answer. We read and see how the articles move us and then share our views in the spirit of connection and empathy. Thank you!
Biblical marriage is, in essence, chattel slavery. At home or at work, women are always required to mold themselves to make men look good. Today, few families can survive without both parents working. There aren’t enough men making the kind of money to support both a wife and children with a McMansion. I recall a study in which men and women were asked what scared them most about the other sex. Most men said, “that she’ll laugh at me.” A majority of women said, “That he’ll kill me.” This is patriarchy & nothing’s changed. Tradwife influencers are trying to find money of their own by peddling toxic relationship; tradmarriage is prostitution wrapped in a bow. (Ask me how I really feel.)
Great articles this week. While I don’t agree with this idea, since I’m disabled to a point and I consider myself a tradhusband about 50% of the time, I believe it can go either way