preview

My Problem With Her Anger Summary

Decent Essays

“My Problem with Her Anger” is an article written by Eric Bartels. Bartels is a writer with the Portland Tribune in Portland, Oregon. The author's purpose for writing this article is to describe what his situation is like, living with a wife that has anger issues. One main focus of the article is how his wife does not recognize his accomplishments around the household. This feature can, and will lead to problems in their marriage. It would seem this article is about what it’s like to be on the receiving end of your spouse's anger; however, it’s really about how women and society expect many things from men.
Bartels describes his home life in detail, he has a gargantuan amount of household work. Most of the time it goes unrecognized, only to be criticized for what he doesn’t do. He depicts his wife as a hard worker, who does happen to have anger issues. Instead of identifying an issue and fixing it his wife decides to go to him and …show more content…

When a couple who have kids, divorce each other in most cases the woman receives custody, leaving the man to pay child support. Women expect men to pay it, yet do not appreciate it fully. Even after they sever the relationship the man pays support, when he will hardly ever see his children. The woman in the relationship only sees the next purchase, not the effort to make the money that her ex-husband provides her.
When going out on a date it is social custom for the man to pay for the woman. If a man lets a woman pay for him, he may be shunned by society regardless of his financial situation. Even if the woman has a salary upwards of 100,000 a year, and the male only has 25,000 a year the man is still expected to pay. It is expected that the man pays, weather it is just common courtesy, or a standard of society. The waitresses and waiters even know this because the bill for a meal will not be placed in the middle of the table, instead in front of the

Get Access