Diary of a 50s HOUSEWIFE

‘THE ENTIRE HOUSE IS SPOTLESS’

Google ‘tradwife’ and you get thousands of hits, or search the hashtag on social media and you can while away hours looking at images of supposed perfection. Tradwives are a movement of wives and girlfriends who promote ultra-traditional gender roles. Think husband in his chair with the paper, while wife, in a dress, cooks, cleans and tends to his every whim.

Frankly, the thought makes me feel I imagined the 50-year fight for gender equality, yet there are growing numbers of women eschewing work and financial independence to look after their husbands.

Jon and