A tradwife is a traditional woman who believes in traditional gender roles and a patriarchal marriage. In an opinionated modern world, a group of women came forward through various social media platforms, supporting the ways of Trad wives. Many tradwives do believe that by choosing to take a traditional gender role in marriage, they do not lose any rights. Some women that support the idea of Tradwives choose to focus on family and their husband's needs by leaving their careers behind.
Tradwife aesthetic started to spread after Google searches of the term spiked in 2018 since then throughout the internet, it slowly grew through social media, particularly YouTube and Instagram, which featured women with soft behavior. A report in a Catholic publication showed that some tradwife supporters adopted the practice of wearing veils.
Various opinions were collected across the Medbound app and society, and many different outlooks were obtained on this topic. Many women believe that it is about equality and don't necessarily have to be a one-person task but can be shared between two earning members.
I believe that men and women have equal rights and responsibilities when it comes to a family. No sex should restrict or dominate the other. This traditional view of marriage is very destructive. - Jesiya Francis, Architect.
"Tradition " means the transmission of customs/beliefs from generation to generation, which is never constant. So, if my belief is a division of work , this shall pass onto my future generation too, where they get the right to choose what's suitable for them .- Lakshmy Shankar, Medical student, Believer's Medical College, Kerala.
We should basically stand for our rights as women. I strongly feel we should be respected in our way of choosing a career and leading life.
Different rituals and customs are causing chaos in following a traditional way of getting married and the usual way of leading life under a dominant society .The personal space to be chosen is a right of women that should be accepted and a way to live with support is needed for the present society. - Liya Mariam George, Medical student, Believer's Medical College, Kerala.
It is a wish of an individual. If both husband and wife are working, the responsibilities of the household should be equally divided. Or else that would be an imposition on one person alone which is unfair. Whereas if one of them prefers not to work and look after the household, let them be; it's their wish, but that should be out of their own will and should never be out of compulsion and I don't think looking after the household should be a part of any tradition. Even if it is not for tradition, the house has to be looked after right? So, that should be done equally and fairly when members of the household are all working. - Anushri Premchand, Medical student, Believer's Medical College, Kerala.
Nobody gets to opine on what a person should do or what they shouldn't. Be it a man or a woman.
So, if someone feels like a tradition is better, let them follow that.
But if someone feels they have a life of their own, that is their decision.
And it's never that one's life's whole purpose should be to serve someone else, be it their husband or their children.
Everyone should be able to live their own life to its fullest as they wish.
Because otherwise when we look back, our life will be full of other people's likes, dislikes, and decisions.
I personally feel like whatever we do, later if we realize that was wrong or right, it should always be our own choice and hence no regrets for not doing something we really wanted. - Lakshmi Ramesh, Medical student, Believer's Medical College, Kerala.
I think it should be a women's choice to select. Men should respect the decision and not force their opinion. Its better to have a mutual understanding. - Lalitha Lavanya Shree, Medical student, Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv.
Tradwife is anything that I would call our family coffee machine except it runs on electricity.
Yes. Traditional and orthodox men and women will get me wrong when I say this but they can't imagine a woman fixing their car for them or earning a higher paying salary.
For me, all that is important is that, don't spoil your child's tender age of being a kid and your family's happiness for that. You need to get a balance between your work and life and that is applicable to men too.
So, no to trad wife but then again, it is every person's choice. - Austin Koshy Idiculla, Medical student, Believer's Medical College, Kerala.
Household work must be divided among the partners. A home is a place where a family resides, which has to be looked after by all family members, equally contributing to daily chores. All of this should be one's own decision and not forced by others.
If both partners are working, it is better to divide the work among each other. The tradition of looking after the chores at home by women is becoming obsolete nowadays but still, some people believe in that.
This social study conducted by asking so many young women and men, brought about the conclusion that the society we live in, is a spectrum of many beliefs and emotions.
"Each individual in this world has a right for having an opinion but it should never be by shattering someone's dreams and goals." - Gowri Nandana S., Medical student, Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv.
Reference: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tradwife
