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"There is a seductive simplicity to the “tradwife” trend, with its filtered
representations of domestic bliss – from homesteading to homeschooling, home
baking to homemaking.
Tradwife is internet shorthand for “traditional wife”. While tradwives emerge
across the political spectrum, a small subculture use their platforms to
promote the dark ideas of the far right. They operate across social media
platforms, prominent on X (formerly Twitter), TikTok and Instagram. For some,
the lifestyle seems driven by social media, but for others, it’s a way of
living.
The number of tradwives aligned with the far right may be small, but their
popularity on social media platforms suggests their cohort is growing. And we
know from our research that far-right tradwives are active in Australia, on
places such as X and Tik Tok, Instagram and YouTube.
In 2020, UK-based extremism researcher Julia Ebner suggested 30,000 women
identified as tradwives or Red Pill Women: women aligned with the far-right
male online community Red Pill, who claim to be “awakened” to “male subjugation
by feminism”.
Journalist Sian Norris, who has investigated the British far right, wrote this
year that while most of these women are in the US, “due to the networked nature
of the modern far right”, trends that start there spread around the world.
Far-right tradwives believe contemporary society is beset by decadence and
consumerism, sexual depravity and promiscuity, and “unnatural” ways of living.
This is all supposedly engineered to weaken the white race. Becoming a tradwife
is one way far-right women push back against these supposed threats.
Ebner believes “the search for love is what radicalises most Trad Wives”: they
adopt the rhetoric of men’s rights activists who want “a return to traditional
power roles and exaggerated notions of masculinity and femininity”.
Our research shows far-right tradwives believe their roles as mothers and wives
guarantee the survival of the white race, while actively weakening enemies. In
an effort to encourage men to the cause, some tradwives claim they embraced
their “true” femininity only after they were protected by a “real man” who
embodies the (toxic) masculine ideals of the far right.
The exploitation of “traditional” gender identities to promote far-right ideas
is dangerous. It makes women’s subordination to men seem legitimate – and even
natural – and justifies violence when this natural order is disrupted."
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
