Why I Want A Wife By Judy Brady

During the feminist movement era of the 1970s, Judy Brady wrote I Want a Wife, which shows her frustration with all the demands she has as a wife. She sarcastically, but also seriously, explains the obvious differences and inequalities between husbands and wives. Brady writes her essay in first person from the view of a husband, outlining all the wants and needs he expects his wife to follow. She constantly repeats the phrase, “I want a wife who” in order to clearly get her opinion across about the roles of wives that continuously go unnoticed. She follows this phrase with various obligations she has as a wife in hopes to encourage wives to stop being taken advantage of.

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

“I want a Wife” is an essay written by Judy Brady in the 1970s for a magazine. The aim for the essay written was to show how oppressed women were during that time period and how badly they were treated by men. The essay was written during the early development of feminism. The article written aimed to raise the attention of readers during the time, introducing them to feminism. In writing the article for a Women’s magazine, Brady seemed to be sharing a similar frustration with other women who were in the same position as herself.

The feminist movement in the United States began in the early 1960’s and lasted till 1970’s. The reason of her feminist movement was to have women’s rights equal to the males. Judy Brady’s article “I want a wife”’ appeared on the Ms. Magazines issued in 1971 under her married name, Judy Syfers and printed in the spring 1972. The style of the article is using humor and ironic. In this article Brady is trying to convince the audience to look at a man’s point of view and what are their expectations of what he believes a wife should be or what a wife is. Brady article “I want a Wife” is highly effective she uses Pathos (Emotions) with her sarcasm and sense of humor on what she is trying to say, Ethos(credibility) she has been in that situation, and Logos(reasoning) she makes her point with utilization.

Judy Brady's essay illustrates how women are viewed in the eyes of men and what men think wives purpose is and their duties and responsibilities are. She uses a sarcastic and humorous approach. Her purpose is to show how women are stereotyped by men that men more or less think women are their slaves and need to answer to their every need. The author uses repetition and concrete words. She uses repetition throughout her essay with the words I need a wife. She is writing a descriptive narrative essay as a second person point of view to grab the attention of her readers also to make a point to them illustrating how men think women are meant to fulfill and serve all their needs even sexually. The descriptive writing pattern is used well by the

In "I Want a Wife" Brady is stereotypical of what she believes to be the roles of the husband and wife. Also Brady's essay is one sided, she never states a side that would argue her viewpoint. While Wilson shows two clearly stated sides of his argument.

In Judy Brady's essay “I Want A Wife” (1971), she presents the unrealistic expectations of a wife. Brady presents her idea with repetition of “ I want a wife..” expectations from the husbands to the wives, over statements and with rhetorical questions. Brady exaggerates a husband's expectations for the wives in order to persuade the audience to believe wives are mistreated and overlooked by their husbands. Brady addresses both husbands and wives in her essay by bringing attention the husbands and the mistreatment of the wives. Additionally, she also brings attention to their wives and the abuse they’re facing.

Judy Brady’s essay, “I Want a Wife” is a great piece to be analyzed. Judy Brady does not have a specific thesis, but one that can be conveyed would be, “I would like a wife to assist me on the daily chores I am held responsible for each day.” In her essay, she points out all of the tasks she does on a daily basis and before each and every one of these listed tasks, she inserts the

Within “ I am my own wife” By Doug Wright symbols are used for a better understanding beyond just obvious wording of the play. Gender stereotypes, Identity, and Discrimination or Hate groups or even the objects used in the play a very important part in the story line.

The 1970’s were a changing time in America; music was changing from the folk music of the 1960’s to rock and roll, more and more students were starting to attend four year colleges, and women’s rights and roles were changing. Judy Brady calls for change in her essay “ Why I Want a Wife”, published in 1972, by using logos to make her argument.

Brady, writer of the Ms. Magazine article “Why I Want a Wife,” wants a wife. Throughout her dissertation she envisions the perfect wife. Brady’s vision of a wife is one that succumbs to every need to herself and her spouse. One that will keep the house clean and cook the meals while at the same time not bothering her husband with rambling complaints. “My god, who wouldn’t want a wife?” (230) Brady states in the final paragraph. Logically speaking, no one. This is what Judy Brady constantly brings up in her objective, repetitive essay. In “Why I Want A Wife,” Brady uses logos fluently to bombard the reader in siding with her notion that people would want a wife because a wife is a necessity in managing a family.

Women in the 1970’s role in marriage was almost that of a slave. Women of that era were tired of this oppression and protested against the wife’s stereotypical view among men and demanded gender equality. Women voiced their vexations through the media in a subtle way to rally other supporters of women’s rights. The article published in Ms. Magazine “Why I Want a Wife” by Judy Brady uses pathos as an effective literary device to make the audience feel a certain way with the use of selfishness.

“Why I Want A Wife” by Judy Brady is a personal inquiry about why she would want a wife of her own. Written in the 1970’s Brady published the piece in the iconic Ms magazine, a well known feminist magazine. When Brady sat down to write this piece she wanted to show the men that had been oppressing women, and acting as if men were far superior, what it is like for someone like Brady, who is a wife and has children, how she feels about her day-to-day ‘duties’. Brady accomplishes showing the men that they are being unfair by excessively using anaphora throughout the piece, using segregating style, and using climax to heighten her point.

“I belong to that classification of people known as wives. I am A Wife” (229). Judy Brady, a mother, analyzes the responsibilities of women or referred to as wives from a day to day basis. Establishing the importance of this essay was quite manageable for Brady since she has had experience with imperious men. Published at the year 1972 in Ms. Magazine; Brady wanted her statement to be understood. Identifying women feel obligated to do not only their responsibilities while managing someone else’s. Being able to sympathize with the audience was accomplished by Brady in “Why I Want a Wife,” by expressing pathos.

the one who mostly takes care of the children. In the article, Brady said, “I want a wife to make