Sure, the Real Housewives series are the epitome of ignorance and materialism. However, I do feel that it is a perfect example of modernized femininity and domesticity or the "Culture of domesticity."
According to the wiki definition, the culture of domesticity (cult of domesticity) was a value system that embraced new ideas for women as far as their domestic role and their role in society, which mainly focused on middle class 19th century white women at the peak of the feminist movement.
The real housewives of Atlanta in particular have a diverse array of women that are married, single, divorced, etc; which also represent today kind of women. Some of whom are stay at home moms that do nothing but make money off of their rich husbands/ex-husbands, some of the housewives have a career of their own, and some are just single and fun. The fact the the term housewife has altered over the years is a perfect example of the modernized woman, as opposed to what the housewife was considered even 30 years ago. Each of the housewives do have motherhood and the old fashioned be a lady persona in common, but they each exemplify how women and domesticity have evolved through culture (the Real Housewives series) and over time as well, it's no longer the middle class Caucasian woman but more so a representation of what society actually is today.
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