Pincurls, Pastries, and Patriarchy: Tradwifery and the Aestheticization of Illiberalism
“A tradwife is defined as a woman who fulfills the traditional roles of a woman, such as raising children, cooking, cleaning, and being an attentive wife. The tradwife movement encourages women to adopt feminine traits like modesty and submissiveness and to trade postmodern feminism for patriarchal gender norms.[4]
Mariel Cooksey, “Why Are Gen Z Girls Attracted to the Tradwife Lifestyle?” Political Research Associates (website), July 29, 2021, https://politicalresearch.org/2021/07/29/why-are-gen-z-girls-attracted-tradwife-lifestyle.”