cover of episode The Trad Wife Paradox with Anne Helen Petersen [VIDEO]

The Trad Wife Paradox with Anne Helen Petersen [VIDEO]

2024/8/29
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What Now? with Trevor Noah

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The hosts discuss the rising trend of "tradwives," women who embrace traditional gender roles, focusing on homemaking and submission to their husbands. They express mixed feelings about the trend and introduce their guest, Anne Helen Peterson, an author and writer who has studied the movement.
  • The 'tradwife' trend involves women embracing traditional gender roles, prioritizing homemaking and submission.
  • The hosts have mixed feelings about the trend, acknowledging its potential appeal while recognizing concerns about female autonomy.
  • Anne Helen Peterson, an author and writer, joins the podcast to discuss her research on the 'tradwife' movement.

Shownotes Transcript

Trevor, Christiana, and noted writer and journalist Anne Helen Petersen discuss the growing #tradwife trend, the ideological conviction that a woman’s sole and highest purpose is to be her spouse’s modest, subservient helpmate, and that anything less is ungodly. Why do more women now seem to be taking on this mantle? Are cleaning, cooking, and total submission truly the path to godliness, or have we fallen so far off the societal cliff that women are simply exhausted?

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