🇺🇸 Donald Trump
Trump, Tradwives, and Traditional Values—We Need Socialist Feminism
What happened
The Trump administration has implemented policies that disproportionately affect working women, including mass layoffs, cuts to education and healthcare, and the rescinding of guidance on workplace harassment. The gig economy has also led to lower wages and benefits for women. The "tradwife" phenomenon has become a romanticized image of 1950s domesticity, but it is largely popular among men and the wealthy. Millions of pages of Epstein files have been released, but there is no mass women's movem
Why it matters
The policies and ideologies promoted by the Trump regime threaten to undermine decades of social gains for women, including the right to an abortion, equal pay, and protection from workplace harassment. The mass exodus of women from the workforce has significant implications for the US economy and society. The issue is a matter of public concern given the impact on women's economic independence and reproductive rights.
Key facts
- Women make up a growing portion of the gig economy, with many working long hours for low wages and little benefits.
- The median creator on OnlyFans makes roughly $150 per month.
- The cost of infant childcare now exceeds rent in 17 states and exceeds public college tuition in 38 states.
- Federal employment fell by 277,000 in 2025 as a consequence of Trump's mass layoffs of federal jobs, affecting Black women the most.
- Women's employment, though delayed, bounced back post-pandemic, but mothers and women of color have been largely left behind.
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