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Tradwives: the women looking for a simpler past but grounded in the neoliberal present

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Too much work in our Protestant Work Ethic culture, but only the wealthy can afford to have housewives. The current toxic always-on work culture must be understood as a key factor facilitating the rise of this retro-movement. As overload work culture has become common in many developed countries, governments have also been cutting vital resources that help support families and communities. Combined with entrenched gendered social norms, the burden of care disproportionately falls on women. Even relatively privileged women therefore find it difficult to live up to the popular feminist ideal of “work-life balance”. The Conversation  Tradwives: the women looking for a simpler past but grounded in the neoliberal present

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Tradwives: the women looking for a simpler past but grounded in the neoliberal present

Too much work in our Protestant Work Ethic culture, but only the wealthy can afford to have housewives.

Tradwives: the women looking for a simpler past but grounded in the neoliberal present

The current toxic always-on work culture 
must be understood as a key factor facilitating the rise of this retro-movement. As overload work culture has become common in many developed countries, governments have also been cutting vital resources that help support families and communities. Combined with entrenched gendered social norms, the burden of care disproportionately falls on women. Even relatively privileged women therefore find it difficult to live up to the popular feminist ideal of “work-life balance”.



Tradwives: the women looking for a simpler past but grounded in the neoliberal present


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Tradwives: the women looking for a simpler past but grounded in the neoliberal present
Mike Norman
Mike Norman is an economist and veteran trader whose career has spanned over 30 years on Wall Street. He is a former member and trader on the CME, NYMEX, COMEX and NYFE and he managed money for one of the largest hedge funds and ran a prop trading desk for Credit Suisse.

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