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The original was posted on /r/twoxchromosomes by /u/Moist_Policy_71 on 2023-09-23 07:22:01.

Awhile back, I saw one of those tradwife TikToks making the rounds on Twitter. Y’know the ones, where some cute-but-smug 23y/o woman gushes about the joy of making bread from scratch and obeying her husband’s every word while wearing a weirdly suggestive summer dress that shows off her tiddies as she leans over to knead dough?

It sparked a thought: How is the lifestyle these women promote different from people who live as subs in a full-time BDSM master/slave relationship?

The dynamic seems near identical, but instead of it being overtly sexual, it has a “wholesome” conservative Cottagecore façade draped over it. You obey your Husband/Master’s every word, you live to serve him, there’s a free-use arrangement re: sex, your Husband/Master takes on the responsibility and duties that come along with accepting the dominant role, etc.

I have a sneaking suspicion Tradwives are women who’d have ended up in a full-time BDSM relationship if they’d just grown up in a more liberal area that allowed women to explore their sexuality without fear of judgement, but because they didn’t, they interpreted this desire to be Dommed as “I simply understand my role as a woman is to serve and obey a man, it’s the natural order!”.