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A Modwife (noun), refers to women who have embraced multi-option lives over more traditional roles, and who allow, or ''encourage'' multi-option lives for their husbands. The term was created by Peter Wright in response to the popular trend in [[Tradwife|Tradwives]] - ie. wives who enact or advocate a traditional gender role based on Western middle-class femininity of the mid twentieth century. Both the tradwife and modwife eschew feminist prescriptions for relationships, which are geared only to female domination and not to partnerships based on reciprocal labor, valorisation and devotion (for the feminist relationships model, see [[Gynowife]]).<ref>[https://gynocentrism.com/2020/01/19/tradwives-modwives-and-feminists/ Peter Wright, ''Tradwives, Modwives and Feminists'', A Voice for Men, 2020]</ref>
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A Modwife (noun), refers to women who have embraced multi-option lives over more traditional roles, and who accept or encourage multi-option lives for their male partners. While containing the syllable 'wife,' the term applies equally to non-married women who follow or advocate the principles outlined in this article.
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The term was coined in response to the popular trend in [[Tradwife|Tradwives]] - ie. wives who enact or advocate a traditional gender role based on Western middle-class femininity of the mid twentieth century. Both the tradwife and modwife eschew feminist prescriptions for relationships, which are geared toward female domination and not to partnerships based on reciprocal labor, value and devotion (for the feminist model of relationships, see [[Gynowife]]).<ref>[https://gynocentrism.com/2020/01/19/tradwives-modwives-and-feminists/ Peter Wright, ''Tradwives, Modwives and Feminists'', A Voice for Men, 2020]</ref> A distaste for feminism, however, is where the similarities between tradwife and modwife end. 
   
 
==Philosophical outlook==
 
==Philosophical outlook==
The unlikelihood that women will embrace 'Tradwife' roles of yesteryear with any real commitment underpins attraction to the modwife option. At best, today’s multi-option women can invite their men to do same - to embrace multi-option lives. The modwife’s ''modus operandi'' is based on personal liberty within relationships, extending a freedom of opportunity to her partner such as society has championed for her.
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The unlikelihood that modern women will embrace 'Tradwife' roles of yesteryear with genuine commitment underpins attraction to the modwife option. Thus for best-case scenario, today’s multi-option women can invite their men to do same - to embrace multi-option lives. The modwife’s ''modus operandi'' is based on personal liberty within relationships, extending a freedom of opportunity to her partner such as society has championed for her.
   
 
Yet few multi-option women today are willing to extend that multi-option liberty to men, preferring instead to pocket the advantages extended by women’s ‘liberation’ while expecting their boyfriends and husbands to remain in the mismatched role of protector and provider. There are women however, limited in number as they are, who lean toward the model of commensurate liberty for both men and women in relationships — some of them will be recognized among the supporters of the men’s rights movement.
 
Yet few multi-option women today are willing to extend that multi-option liberty to men, preferring instead to pocket the advantages extended by women’s ‘liberation’ while expecting their boyfriends and husbands to remain in the mismatched role of protector and provider. There are women however, limited in number as they are, who lean toward the model of commensurate liberty for both men and women in relationships — some of them will be recognized among the supporters of the men’s rights movement.
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==The four relationship models==
 
==The four relationship models==
   
Below are the four relationship models alluded to in Wright's introductory survey:<ref>[https://gynocentrism.com/2020/01/19/tradwives-modwives-and-feminists/ Peter Wright, ''Tradwives, Modwives and Feminists'', A Voice for Men, 2020]</ref>
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Below are the four relationship models alluded to in this introductory survey:<ref>[https://gynocentrism.com/2020/01/19/tradwives-modwives-and-feminists/ Peter Wright, ''Tradwives, Modwives and Feminists'', A Voice for Men, 2020]</ref>
   
 
[[File:Four Relationship Models.jpg|800px|[[Relationship models]].]]
 
[[File:Four Relationship Models.jpg|800px|[[Relationship models]].]]
   
 
==Related terms==
 
==Related terms==
'Modwife' also implies a practice, hence ''Midwifery'' (Adj.) and can be referred to a collective of ''Midwives'' (Pl.). The compliment of a Modwife is a ''Modhusband'', hence - ''Modcouple''.
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The compliment of a Modwife is a ''Modhusband'', hence - ''Modcouple''.
   
 
==See Also==
 
==See Also==
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==References==
 
==References==
   
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Revision as of 13:52, 26 January 2022

A Modwife (noun), refers to women who have embraced multi-option lives over more traditional roles, and who accept or encourage multi-option lives for their male partners. While containing the syllable 'wife,' the term applies equally to non-married women who follow or advocate the principles outlined in this article.

The term was coined in response to the popular trend in Tradwives - ie. wives who enact or advocate a traditional gender role based on Western middle-class femininity of the mid twentieth century. Both the tradwife and modwife eschew feminist prescriptions for relationships, which are geared toward female domination and not to partnerships based on reciprocal labor, value and devotion (for the feminist model of relationships, see Gynowife).[1] A distaste for feminism, however, is where the similarities between tradwife and modwife end. 

Philosophical outlook

The unlikelihood that modern women will embrace 'Tradwife' roles of yesteryear with genuine commitment underpins attraction to the modwife option. Thus for best-case scenario, today’s multi-option women can invite their men to do same - to embrace multi-option lives. The modwife’s modus operandi is based on personal liberty within relationships, extending a freedom of opportunity to her partner such as society has championed for her.

Yet few multi-option women today are willing to extend that multi-option liberty to men, preferring instead to pocket the advantages extended by women’s ‘liberation’ while expecting their boyfriends and husbands to remain in the mismatched role of protector and provider. There are women however, limited in number as they are, who lean toward the model of commensurate liberty for both men and women in relationships — some of them will be recognized among the supporters of the men’s rights movement.

That libetarian spirit is usually understood as belonging to the political sphere, but it is accepted by the modwife as a guiding principle in her relationship with men. It emphasizes individual choice, relative autonomy, voluntary association, individual judgement, free will, self-determination, and free labor-sharing arrangements and agreements. In a word; freedom.[2]

The four relationship models

Below are the four relationship models alluded to in this introductory survey:[3]

Relationship models.

Related terms

The compliment of a Modwife is a Modhusband, hence - Modcouple.

See Also

References