What a wife it would be When a reader first looks at Brady’s essay one might think it was written by a man. However after reading the first paragraph the reader will realize that the author is indeed a woman and may be confused as to why the title is “Why I Want A Wife”. Brady gives a reasonable argument as to the unequal views on the roles of the husband and wife. By listing the many examples of a wife’s responsibilities, she hopes to sway a woman or man’s feelings and encourages them to perhaps modify the usual tradition of marriage and companionship. The audience she has chosen would most likely be women or married couples.
Gender Roles plays a huge part of the novel, Possessing the Secret of Joy, by showing the reader how women are treated unfairly and what this treatment can cause to the women. In this novel, Alice Walker portrays how society sees men as the dominant gender and how women are merely sex slaves and servants. The main reason for the female circumcision is to satisfy the men in the tribe needs. If it were up to most women, they would not go through this ritual, but unfortunately, they need to, according to the Olinkan tribe. The women get this done to their body so they are “cleansed”, so a man is able to marry them.
Feminist views of the family revolve around and understanding of the term patriarchy, which means make domination. Feminists agree that men tend to have a superior position in society and that women suffer oppression because of this. Many feminists argue that the family is a corner stone of this oppression and as such needs careful analysis. Liberal feminists believe that the fanily is gradually becoming less oppressive for women, they cite the move of many families towards more symmetrical roles where men take more part in the domestic roles so that women are no longer burdened by the mundane, repetitive, low status work of cleaning, laundry and childcare work which makes their position in society less powerful than mens. However, radical feminists disagree.
After getting married, the husband had total control over his wife. Women needed their husband’s permission to do business like buying and selling goods. Husbands also had to approve of any legal actions that their wives might take. Historian Merry Wiesner notes, “A married woman was legally subject to her husband
Women have to depend on men. “‘I thank you again and again for the honour you have done me in your proposal. My feelings in every respect forbid it’” (Austen, 105). Elizabeth’s rejection of Mr. Collins is the way she shows she wants to have a choice but women shouldn’t in that society. A women’s value is to get married one day with at least a husband that is the same or higher position than her family.
These observations, coupled with her never ending excuses of why she wants a wife throughout the essay, kept me interested and also had me considering how they might compare to my life experiences. Brady's reasons for wanting a wife are seemingly endless: To support her, to take care of her children (at all times), to take care of her physical needs, to keep the house clean, to take care of her sexual needs (when she wants her to), to take full responsibility and to remain faithful until she might need to marry another wife, just to name a few! To sum things up, after Brady finishes schooling, she wants her wife to quit work, so she can completely take on the full responsibilities of a wife. What I would like to do is take some positives from this sarcastic, female chauvinistic literature. For almost every instance that Brady states she wants a wife, I would agree with her.
My aunt was forced to see like so many women in today’s society that men want to run the show and control as much conversation as they can. The commonplace that was executed within this paper was to underline how men across the world have shared the same view against women for years. For example, I used this sentence; our grandparents grew up in an age where a woman’s place was to provide affection for her spouse and home, to show that indeed the commonplace between men has become a bit disoriented. Men have shared these widely controversial statements, and thus I wanted give insight on a more influential society. As you can see, I wanted to point out that the commonplace should focus on men coming to terms to work together and correct the problems they have created through the years.
Clement Rowe Mrs. Johnston English 101 10/23/2013 The essay by Judy Brady “I Want a Wife” contains very little organization. What organization it does have is only that which separates the duties of the so called “wife” into different categories such as house cleaning and caring for the physical needs of the husband and children. In trying to hook the reader into her essay, Brady at the beginning of her piece says, “I belong to that unique classification known as wives…” This hooks the reader because we assume that an essay titled “I Want a Wife” would be written by a man. That she is a wife means that she knows a lot about what it is to be a wife and is in a, not exactly unique, but defiantly better position than many to write on this subject. And in turn, this makes her very believable when reading the essay.
Gender Roles in Blood Wedding In the play Blood Wedding, gender roles are rigorously emphasized. A woman such as the Bride, has a duty to marry a man and become his wife whether she wants to or not. Men belong out in the fields working hard to come home and be pleased by their wives, on the other hand, women care for the house, focus on having children and pleasing their husbands. Although some of the characters believe the roles should be adjusted in a distinct manner. The author portrays the tendency of people getting used to others desires and the norms made by society instead of focusing on their own.
In trying to be both doctor and therapist Diver ends up struggling to keep up with his wives shopping sprees and erratic behavior. The way Dick Diver takes care of his wife is very much the same as how F. Scott Fitzgerald has to support and cater to his wife’s whims. The women love to be the center of attention, come from wealthy families, and love to live in excess. They try to mold and manipulate the world into trying to seeing a