Joyless is the operative word, one that links bimbos and tradwives in their pursuit of pleasure, no matter how much reality it requires you to ignore, or how much oppression, disrespect, and dehumanization it requires you to endure. Feminism becomes a scapegoat for capitalism’s ills, while marriage starts to look like a safe haven. But that romanti... See more

The stay-at-home ideal corresponded with the rise of teachings from Gothard and others that were not just “anti-feminism, but more broadly an embrace on the Christian right of a theology of hierarchy of authority and submission,” Kobes Du Mez says. Obedience to God came to mean obedience to other figures in the church who held authority, she adds, ... See more