(Article in Swedish, sorry). Here’s the thing I don’t quite get: no one was stopping these women from living as traditional wives ever. (whatever that means, since traditional depends on where in time you’re picking from). So if no one was stopping them, what’s all the performance about?
Also the social media grift is real. “I live as a trad wife… but I need you to join my Patreon “ LMAO. Guess that trad husband isn’t supplying the way he’s supposed to.
by MarieMul
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This article was also written in Finnish. This is only exposing lifestyle. I know some people living this way, even in Finland. They don’t think it is something they must post for the national news.
>Here’s the thing I don’t quite get: no one was stopping these women from living as traditional wives ever. (whatever that means, since traditional depends on where in time you’re picking from). So if no one was stopping them, what’s all the performance about?
For some fraction of them, it is their way to participate in the far right movement(s). They can’t be seen to be “working” and most of their choices are proscribed in the chauvinistic authoritarian movement. This is their allowable outlet and way to participate. They can throw shade at “woke” folk and “feminists”, while talking about how they are doing their part to “save declining birthrates” (e.g., see The White Baby Challenge).
There are certainly folk who aren’t far right doing this, but they rarely make their whole personality about it and don’t become “influencers”.
https://preview.redd.it/s7erpdsrd54d1.png?width=1597&format=png&auto=webp&s=13c934ab93e0c0468683a37a5bdd31ce432eca20
There has always been “kotirouva” in Finland, but apparently this term is not, fancy enough for some, so they adopt a foreign language term to make it feel more fashionable.