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The ‘First Partner’ takes on the ‘tradwife’

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Jennifer Siebel Newsom is not a fan of the “tradwife” phenomenon.

The word “tradwife” is a portmanteau of “traditional wife.” It’s mostly a social media phenomenon, in which women post pictures of themselves in 1950s mode: wearing aprons, baking pies, cradling babies.

The underlying idea: women finding fulfillment in providing for their husbands’ and children’s needs. 

Shocking, deeply shocking.

In a recent interview, Mrs. Newsom said of “tradwives”: “I want to make sure those women have a voice, not just at home but in the public sphere that isn’t just about consumerism or being in service to men only but that’s also normalising that women have so much to offer the world outside of the home – a power that’s been missing from the decision-making tables.”

What we think she means is that those women need help.

Because who would actually choose domestic life over a career in........

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