Social media right now is an ocean of would-be propaganda for traditional heterosexual marriage. There are “tradwives,” who cosplay submissive housewives on platforms like TikTok and Instagram. They overlap with “family vloggers,” typically conservative Christians with large families who chronicle their daily lives online. The world of Christian right content online is far more interested in the maintenance and promotion of the patriarchal nuclear family than, say, the life of Jesus Christ, who died as one of those “childless cat ladies” Vance hates so much. Billionaire Peter Thiel has even funded a woman’s magazine, meant to compete with Vogue or Cosmopolitan, that positions extremely conservative marriage as the only true path for women’s lives.
Omg I hate this polarization so much. Since when is the “traditional heterosexual marriage” or family strictly associated with “the right” or MAGA? How did they stole these terms for themselves? Fuck that! There are so many of us who support left and have loving husbands/wifes and famillies.
“Familly” or “heterosexual marriage” are not “your words” nor are they your campaing for your next billionaire to get to power. Those are for all of us. Fuck you, you pieces of shit!
I think the difference is the strict roles and specifically the wife that is submissive and exclusively plays the role of child rearer and homemaker. There’s nothing “right wing” about being heterosexual, its the forcing everyone to be and to be heterosexual in the predefined style they demand.
Honestly, I believe that you already understand this unsubtle and obvious distinction and that your comment is not in good faith
I think there’s a huge difference between “traditional heterosexual marriage” and what folks like my brother and sister in law have where they’re just married, heterosexual, monogamous, and planning on having kids. “Traditional” carries a lot of weight because it’s a value assigning word with extra baggage. It implies things like that he’s in charge and the breadwinner, and it implies that there’s added value to their relationship because of all that.