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We Are Back On This Tradwives Narrative, Eh? OK, Let’s Dance.

It’s about economic realities, with a dash of sex.

Ted Bauer
4 min readJan 16, 2024

If you are unfamiliar, “trad-wife” refers to a more “traditional,” hence “trad,” form of domestic arrangement whereby the wife stays home and deals with the kids and the chores and whatnot. Some say this is personified by Ballerina Farm on Instagram, but Ballerina Farm is a whole different ball of wax whereby her father-in-law is worth $400M and she’s monetized her kids and sourdough to the point that she is, in fact, her own business nowadays. She’s not exactly a “trad-wife.” There are other notable examples on Instagram and TikTok.

I kicked tires on this once:

Now we are back onto discussing this idea:

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Ted Bauer
Ted Bauer

Written by 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.

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