“Divine femininity” influencers encourage women to be submissive in order to wed rich men and increase their social positioning. Both white tradwives and femininity influencers of color peddle the idea that attracting and partnering with a man will give women financial stability. Plus: Why claw your way to the top of a male-dominated and misogynistic workplace when a man can take care of you instead? Black women were historically shut out of this ideal, partly because they were already in the workforce. A town in South Carolina even made it illegal for Black women to be stay-at-home mothers in 1918 so they could care for white families.