Countries like Sweden, Denmark, Norway, and Iceland have been promoting gender equality for decades.
Their policies and social rules go against gender stereotypes, giving everyone the same rights and freedoms.
Moreover,42% of managerial rolesin the country are held by women.
Meanwhile, a new trend is taking over social media, promoting misogyny and gender stereotyping.
We’re talking about the so-called “tradwife” movement, which romanticizes an era where sexism was rampant.
This ideology revolves around the 1950s housewife, embodying almost every stereotype one could imagine.
“That’s not the way it should be.
We are women, and we need to embrace that,” she added.
In his opinion, women belong at home and should submit blindly to their partners.
His “philosophy” brought him fame on the internet, garnering millions of followers especially men.
What’s even more shocking is thatwomen worldwide share similar views, willingly giving up their rights.
Many are as young as 16, and their goal in life is to become perfect housewives.
Yet, here we are, talking about traditional gender roles and how women are supposed to behave.
The problem with the tradwife craze is that it promotes toxic femininity, patriarchy, and white supremacy.
“In its simplest manifestation, what we see are [far-right] tradwives talking about birth rights.
Moreover, they blame feminism for sexual violence, female objectification, divorce, and other issues.
The tradwife movement is a revolt against women’s empowerment and the world as we know it today.
For some, it’s a way of securing financial stability and embracing “traditional” family values.
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