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A tradwife (a neologism for traditional wife or traditional housewife) [1] [2] [3] is a woman who believes in and practices traditional gender roles and marriages.Some may choose to take a homemaking role within their marriage, [2] and others leave their careers to focus on meeting their family's needs in the home.
The three goals of marriage include allowing a husband and a wife to fulfil their dharma, bearing progeny (praja), and experiencing pleasure (rati). Sexual intercourse between a husband and wife is regarded to be important in order to produce children, but is the least desirable purpose of marriage in traditional Hindu schools of thought. [4]
In a traditional joint Hindu family, there is a subservient relationship between the wives of the brothers: the patriarch's wife is addressed as "Bari Bhabhi" (in Hindi), meaning "eldest brother's wife." She is traditionally considered the head of the house after the elders and is in charge of running the household affairs and overseeing the ...
The “Tradwife” (aka, traditional wife) movement is espousing what its followers say are traditional family values on social media. Cooking, cleaning and controversy: How the 'tradwife ...
Being a traditional wife means wanting the best for my husband. My journey to becoming a " trad wife " — or traditional wife — started in 2012 when I made dinner for a man I barely knew.
A Vedic sage emphasized that the basis of a happy and fulfilling married life is the presence of unity, intimacy and love between a husband and wife physically, mentally and spiritually. Hence the wife is considered to be the Ardhangani of the husband as per Hindu tradition. Marriage is not for self-indulgence, but is considered to be a life ...
With the expanding social reform and female emancipation that accompanied economic and literacy growth after independence, many commentators predicted the gradual demise of arranged marriages in India, and the inexorable rise of so-called "love marriages" (i.e. where the initial contact with potential spouses does not involve the parents or family members). [2]
Wife is the sacred soil in which the husband is born again, even the Rishis cannot create men without women. — Adi Parva , Mahabharata Book, 1.74.50-51 [ 23 ] The Anushasana Parva of the Hindu epic Mahabharata has several chapters dedicated to the discussion about duties and right of women.