Templeton felt as if the daily menial tasks were meant to distract her from her lack of autonomy and independence
You're married. Once you get married, you dont get to be "induhpendunt!1!!11" anymore because you're now a team. It's like the pitcher in baseball bitching about not being "independent" in a team sport.
It’s really just a high-risk situation
For whom exactly? Women are not retarded. All you have to do is choose a reliable guy and you're set for life.
somebody could get lost and overwhelmed by the duties that they have
Lost? The job is very clear and predictable: raise the kids, make the food, clean the house, success.
And overwhelmed my ass. By what, effing laundry? This lady is weak.
In the world of traditional wives, the husband has the authority when it comes to financial choices
Women make over 70% of purchasing decisions. Even more so in Tradwive households where she should be doing 95% of the shopping so he can focus on work.
in which some women cannot leave the house without permission, and in some relationships, punishments are put in place
If BDSM floats your boat, you do you, but dont conflate it with tradwives. This is like claiming tradwives have to clean the house dressed as a french maid. I mean...your husband might like that, but that's a completely separate thing from tradwives.
The arrangement allows room for financial abuse, holding all money and power over the other person’s head,
Wait, I thought we were talking about marriage, not family court's cash and prizes.
It should be a shared partnership
It is. One person makes the money, the other trains the next generation. If one fails, you get kids who identify as squirrelkin or get evicted.
did not feel fulfilled
Then you're a shit mother
It was daunting to start over at 37, she said, but after receiving help from food stamps and getting a job at her kids’ school
So gibs and a gibs job blew up her marriage.
What a child-abusing bitch.
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