Is Katie Britt A “Trad-Wife?” She Seems Cray, But That’s Scope-Creep

There is a bigger lesson here, though.

Ted Bauer
4 min readMar 12, 2024

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If you are unfamiliar with the name “Katie Britt,” she is the junior senator from Alabama (#RollTide) and gave the GOP response to the State of the Union last week. Most people, Republicans and Democrats alike, mocked her for her response. The mocking was largely about how over-dramatic (and over e-nun-ci-ated) the whole thing was, but then there was also a subset of online chatter about her kitchen and whether it was too fancy or not fancy enough. The Internet is very fickle.

Well, now some people are claiming Britt is a “trad-wife:”

If you are similarly unfamiliar with what a “trad-wife” is, that means “traditional wife,” I.e. “keeps the home and raises the children.” In other words, The Man Wins The Bread And The Woman Prepares The Bread.

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Ted Bauer

I write about a lot of different topics, from work to masculinity to relationships and social dynamics, I.e. modern friendship. Pleasure to be here.