Judy Brady I Want A Wife

In the spring of 1971, Judy Brady wrote an essay in the first issue of the feminist magazine called Ms. Brady’s essay was titled “I Want A Wife” and she described the roles of a wife in the 1970’s. Brady also gave examples of how she wanted a wife because of everything that a wife takes care of. Brady gave examples of things that a wife would do in everyday life, as well as the roles of a wife in special situations, like at a dinner party or on a vacation. The way Brady described a wife was very powerful to feminists in the 70’s.

In society, it is not unusual to hear of mothers being responsible for making meals, bathing dirty children after a long day, and cleaning the house while fathers work extremely long hours into the night in order to provide for their families. Men and women have different strengths and weaknesses resulting in having specific responsibilities that work best for them and their circumstances. However, in Judy Brady’s essay, “Why I Want a Wife,” she makes it seem like men have it easy because women do the majority of family work and have all of the responsibilities and that the workload is not balanced. She satirically states that she too would like a wife to do all of her responsibilities, but if her essay is any indication of what her

In an essay by Judy Brady titled “I Want a Wife”, Brady discusses the typical gender dynamics of her time period (the 1970s) and challenges them. She essentially says that women are treated like they are inferior to men and so she says that she wishes or wants someone to fulfill her duties for her just like she does for her husband. This essay shows the struggle to gain equality in this time period and also represents the thoughts that a woman in this time period might have. Not only is the meaning behind this essay significant, but the way in which Brady presents it is also significant and it amplifies and strengthens the argument. This is proven by textual evidence found in the essay itself.

Throughout this article Brady uses ethos, logos, and pathos to illustrate her opinion that the wife does too much in a family. Brady connects with her audience by relating to what was expected of them back in the 1970’s. She states reasons to why she wants a wife and lists what she says a wife would do for her. Lastly, Brady connects emotionally to her audience by

In Judy (Syfers) Brady’s article, “I Want a Wife”, she expresses her opinions in a satirical commentary that offers hypothetical criteria for an ideal wife, with an underlying message that deals with how people should be grateful for all of the deeds and chores that women do. Brady utilizes the strategy of

In the essay “I Want a Wife” by Judy Brady, the speaker uses satire to explain the absurdity of the expectations placed on a wife in 1970s America. The intended purpose of the text is to promote the new wave of feminist ideologies. Through the satire, repetition, and rhetorical questions Brady establishes credibility in order to exemplify illogical standards and working relationships to society.

In the 1970’s many women rights activists were fighting for equal treatment from their male counterparts. These ladies held rallies, preformed walks and wrote articles in magazines all to help aid the movement. Judy Brady ,a writer for Ms.Magazine, is one women's rights activist who published an essay ,entitled “Why I Want a Wife”, about how she believes women are under appreciated. By using pathos, Judy Brady explained the unfair roles of women, specifically wives, in her essay “Why I Want a Wife”.

Wives are pretty spectacular aren’t they? Many women from the 70’s probably thought so, but the men? Did they appreciate what their spouses were doing for them? Some felt they didn’t. One of those women was Judy Syfers, and she decided that the only way to tell her husband, and all husbands, how underappreciated wives were was to write about it in her piece “Why I Want a Wife.” Syfers’ crafty use of irony and repetition creates her favorable, yet satirical, standpoint on why wives are so outstanding.

In Judy Brady’s article “I Want A Wife”, she uses repetition greatly in her essay to make her point, why wouldn’t anyone want a wife. Judy Brady was born in 1937 in San Francisco and got a B.A at the University of Iowa in 1962. Brady’s article first appeared in the feminist magazine Ms., which was in Arlington County, Virginia in 1972. The author’s main idea was to show the amount of work that a wife is expected to do. She does this by strategically listing out what she looks for in a wife. She constantly says, “I want a wife”, to signify that she wants someone to do these things for her as she has done for her husband. In today’s society, the wife is seen as the caretaker and doer of all businesses, while still catering to a

Women’s roles throughout history have always been blurred. Different time periods came with different duties. Controversy whether women should get to own land, have a job, vote, or go to college have surrounded women for ages. In the 1970’s women’s rights and feminism took a strong hold in society. Emotions ran high. Authors, and speakers alike, use certain emotions to connect to with their audience. Judy Brady, a writer for Ms. Magazine during the 1970’s, uses a technique called pathos to appeal to the emotions women had in her article, “Why I Want a Wife.”

In her essay “I Want a Wife” Judy Brady announces to a feminist magazine Ms. that the ideal wife could always be replaced, and she wants to own a wife too that caters to her needs:

In the Essay written by Judy Brady, “I Want a Wife”, she discusses her annoyance and frustration with currently perceived gender roles. She begins by telling us that she is a wife and also a mother. With this information, she allows us to understand her perspective in the rest of the essay. One might even say the things she talks about, she has personally lived. Another part that sets up the rest of her essay is the fact that she mentions her thought began with an encounter with a male friend of hers. She makes it a point to express that he is recently divorced and that his children reside with their mother. He says that he is seeking another wife. This leads Judy to reflect on how; she too, would like a wife.

    Judy Brady in her essay “I Want A Wife” was written and published in the first issue of Ms.Magazine and during the women's movement in 1969.Brady’s purpose is to raise awareness of political and social issue occurring today. Brady believed women should not tolerate the way men act on woman.. In this essay Brady aims to convince her readers to look at a man's point of view and expectations of what he thinks a wife is and how she should act like. Throughout “I Want A Wife” Brady emphasizes that women are special and should be treated higher than society treats them now,through a first person point of view, anaphora and a satirical tone.

Brady builds her credibility by using valid points in an interesting way to strengthen her arguments and appeal to her reader’s emotions. In this essay, Brady sarcastically aims to convince her readers, mostly feminist women, that the demands and responsibilities that are expected to be taken care of by the wife are unappreciated an unrecognized. With a bit of humor, the essay continues to explain Brady’s sarcastic views on a man’s viewpoint of what he thinks a wife is and what she should be while considering her male friends’ situation. Brady also suggests throughout the essay, examples of what most married women, society and men’s expectations on women’s duties and responsibilities are supposed to be.

She picks up some of the words by her husband and it is striking to see how he, under the surface thinks that housework is the women’s job despite the economic situation in the house. This shows the ironic side of pushing women to work outside her home, since the role in the house has not changed but now she has the extra burden to carry on. Her argument, however, goes too far especially when she interprets her husband’s word. The way he talks or put out his words could indicate certain social understanding and so forth, however, Mainardi sometimes interpret in the way that is unreasonable. Interpretation, although it is one of the common ways to study human, also has the indication that it is hard to present the evidence to the interpretation. Depending on the interpreter, the meaning of words could differ a lot. Nevertheless, she spotted the sexism almost correct, and different from the topic of sexual harrassment, unfortunately the concept of housewife is still prosperious in many societies.