Trad wifedom is a hoax, of course - but our obsession with it is deeply unedifying

THE obsession with trad wives goes on. Many yearnings meet in them but the principle one is misogyny, just not in the way you might think.

- Tanya Gold

When isn’t it? Antisemitism is often called the oldest hatred. Rather, it is misogyny.

The trad wife, whose leaders are on Instagram, will pretend to be a farmer’s wife — just one that no authentic farmer’s wife would recognise. Farmers’ wives drink and laugh. Simpering is unknown to them, and they can’t afford trad wife clothing, which is usual ly expensive oatmeal-coloured aprons in linen. The current chief trad wife is Hannah Neeleman of Utah, who left ballet to marry the son of a billionaire and have eight children. It’s all about the aesthetics for the trad wife, and the money — they make a lot of it from selling trad wife products on Instagram.