Behind the Movement to Turn Back the Clock on Gender Roles

Husbands who head the household and go to work to provide for their family. Wives whose primary roles are homemaker and mother.  

A conservative vision of America has gained momentum among those who fear American culture has swung too far from their long-held ideal of what a family should look like, and, in some quarters, reject deviations from that view.  

Resurfaced comments from Republican vice presidential nominee JD Vance about the political influence of “childless cat ladies,” and his more recent worries about Americans’ reluctance to have children, reflect a deeper movement coursing through politics, social media, churches and households.