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Of all the things women want or need, a moral lecture from Sheryl Sandberg is not one of them. In a LinkedIn post and separate interview with People earlier this month, the former Meta executive warned that “tradwives” are “detrimental to women”. Then, this week, the Wall Street Journal reported that Sandberg is restructuring her foundation to further push back against the trend.
A tradwife is online shorthand for a female content creator who promotes traditional (“trad”) views of family life and domesticity. Those beliefs happen to run counter to Sandberg’s whole “girlboss” schtick, and so represent “old, outdated, and very, very, very sexist notions of what [gender] roles are”, in her eyes.
Women have heard this all before. In 2013, Sandberg’s book Lean In became a massive hit. The answer to women’s woes, she explained, was corporate success. Ask for that raise. Seek that leadership position. Not being able to manage family, marriage, kids, work, and friends is all in your head!
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Carolyn D. Gorman is a Paulson Policy Analyst at the Manhattan Institute.