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The hashtag #stayathomegirlfriend has over 117 million views on TikTok – but is a life of leisure in exchange for financial dependency on a partner really what women want, asks journalist Eve Upton-Clarke
The video starts with a soft voice over. “This is everything I did for my boyfriend today,” it says as the screen shows a woman making her and her partner’s morning coffees. We then watch as she makes the bed and leisurely starts on breakfast (creamy eggs on toast). Next up laundry folding and more meal prepping. The day ends with a candlelit dinner.
Compared to the many TikTok trends promoting productivity and hustle culture (just think of the hullabaloo surrounding the ‘that girl’ trend, which sees women list their elaborate morning routines, workout schedules and to-do lists), it’s easy to see how this scenario could look idyllic to some. The only stress involved in the woman’s day is deciding what she and her boyfriend should eat. The video is, of course, part of the app’s current ‘stay-at-home girlfriend’ trend, which is causing a number of young women to take to social media and declare themselves as being over the ‘wake-up-and-grind’ mentality. Instead, they are dreaming of a different life where the only thing to tick off their to-do list is pilates at 2pm and bake banana bread.
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