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Tanya Gold

OPINION - The Trad wife life is a hoax, don't we all know that now?

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. 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 usually expensive oatmeal-coloured aprons in linen.

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