‘A husband expects a yes’: wife schools and the Christian nationalist movement

Alaina Demopoulos reports on the Christian influencers telling women to submit to their husbands

‘A husband expects a yes’: wife schools and the Christian nationalist movement

TL;DR

  • Christian influencers are teaching women to submit to their husbands through 'wife schools'.
  • The teachings suggest that marital problems stem from the wife's actions.
  • The goal of these schools is to make women more acceptable to husbands and churches, not to improve their lives.
  • This phenomenon is linked to the Christian nationalist movement in the US.
  • Academic Mariah Wellman discusses the role of these influencers and the impact of cultural shifts on women's rights and policy.