The Bad Husband Epidemic, Real or Rage Bait?

On this episode: Lucy Lopez and Elizabeth Newcamp are talking bad husbands this week. Not their husbands (though both are terrible gift givers). But it seems like everywhere on the internet lately there are a lot of wives posting about terrible things their husbands did, getting negative reactions, and then getting mad that people are attacking their husbands. The Cut even wrote a piece about it called, “ I Love My Husband (Who Hates Me) .” Is it all rage-baiting for clicks? And how much harm on both sides does content like this cause? Is it anti-feminist to defend the husbands? Lucy and Elizabeth unpack it all. After that, they answer a listener’s question about her seven-year-old trying to dress like a seventeen-year-old. You can also get reactions to the listener’s question at the Care and Feeding column by Arionne Nettles: “ My 7-Year-Old’s Latest Obsession Is Uh, Very Adult. I Definitely Didn’t Teach Her That .” This week on the Plus Playground: From glitter water bottles to cards you can find at thrift stores, here’s ways to make waiting around fun with kids. Podcast production by Cheyna Roth. Video production by Micah Phillips.

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The Bad Husband Epidemic, Real or Rage Bait? is an episode from Mom and Dad Are Fighting | Slate's parenting show by Slate Audio.

This episode is 48:45 long.

This episode was published on Mar 2, 2026.

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