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Looking for a ‘provider husband’ to pay the bills? Try this first

Paridhi Jain Money contributor October 21, 2025 — 2.43pm

I’ve started and stopped writing this article many times over the past few months. It’s a topic that can’t be done justice in a short opinion piece, but it’s important enough for me to try.

Recently, I’ve watched a shift in the conversation about gender roles. The boss-babe, ‘Lean In’, ‘A-Man-Is-Not-A-Plan’ narrative has shifted. Now, we’re hearing about trad-wives, and women who want a ‘soft life’, provided by a 6′5, blue-eyed, man-in-finance.

Some women claim this is a return to ‘freedom’, suggesting that working a job is the real trap. Others suggest this is a dangerous line of thinking that takes women