Epictetus comments on Open Thread, Apr. 13 - Apr. 19, 2015 - Less Wrong
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I think this view of "traditional marriage" comes from fetishizing the 1950s, Leave-it-to-Beaver nuclear family. Go back a bit further and you'll find the aristocrats marrying for political reasons while a peasant's household required everyone to work long hours each day.
No, what you described is a trophy wife, a way for a man to signal his wealth by having a wife who can spend her days being idle.