‘A husband expects a yes’: wife schools and the Christian nationalist movement Features writer Alaina Demopoulos investigated Christian influencers, specifically Tilly Dillehay’s ‘wife school,’ where the core message is women’s submission to their husbands. Demopoulos notes that the teachings frame women as the source of marital problems and aim to make them more palatable to husbands and church communities rather than improving their lives. This trend is connected to the Christian nationalist movement, with academic Mariah Wellman explaining its role and the implications of shifting culture on women’s rights.

• 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.