This is a good essay, placing the "trad wife" movement in its historical context as a supporting pillar of fascist ideology. It also mentions historian Diana Garvin's book Feeding Fascism: The Politics of Women’s Food Work, which I've bumped to the top of my to-read pile.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-interactive/2025/sep/21/fascism-women-homemaker-trad-wife
It's also a good companion-read to this article that I boosted earlier, but is worth highlighting again. The belief that hierarchy is the "natural" and correct and inevitable way of the world, is the root of all evil.
"The paradox is that people who claim to be higher on the hierarchy because they are better people hold themselves and others like them to lower standards than people below them." https://www.patriciarobertsmiller.com/2025/09/17/a-more-useful-way-to-think-about-authoritarianism/
Or, to put that another - better - way, let's do so in the words of Terry Pratchett, genuinely one of the great philosophers of our time:
"There is a very interesting debate raging at the moment about the nature of sin, for example,” said Oats.
“And what do they think? Against it, are they?” said Granny Weatherwax.
“It’s not as simple as that. It’s not a black and white issue. There are so many shades of gray.”
“Nope.”
“Pardon?”
“There’s no grays, only white that’s got grubby. I’m surprised you don’t know that. And sin, young man, is when you treat people as things. Including yourself. That’s what sin is."
“It’s a lot more complicated than that . . .”
“No. It ain’t. When people say things are a lot more complicated than that, they means they’re getting worried that they won’t like the truth. People as things, that’s where it starts.”
“Oh, I’m sure there are worse crimes . . .”
“But they starts with thinking about people as things . . . ”
(From Carpe Jugulum)
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