Keeping it Together: Are 'provider women' the anti-'trad wives'?

You've heard of "trad wives." Now, meet the "provider women."

Hello! I'm Charlie, a wellness reporter here at USA TODAY, and this week I looked into a new term emerging online .

It's the term "provider women" − and, unlike "trad wives," which describes women who embrace cooking , cleaning and often subservience to their husbands, this one describes women who are the breadwinners. Provider women work to bring home the income while their male partners take on household duties like cooking and cleaning.

Provider women aren't uncommon or new. According to Pew Research Center , the share of marriages in which wives out-earn their husbands has increased steadily from 5% in 1972 to 16% in 2022.

Still, the term has sparked strong reactions recently − and experts say the discourse highlights our society's conflicting views on gender and how, ultimately, there's no one way to delegate responsibilities within a relationship.

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