What Is The Tone Of I Want A Wife

Judy Brady’s essay “I Want a Wife” uses a sarcastic tone in order to illuminate the amount of much pressure that is put on wives, not just by their husbands, but by society as well. Brady’s tone voices to the audience that changes need to be made to the role of women.

Brady recognizes how much work women who are wives truly have to do. Brady highlights the fact that, “I want a wife who will work and send me to school.” This illustrates that the wife’s needs will come last. Since her husband requests to go to work, the wife is expected to get a job to support the family as well as take care of everything else. Instead of the husband assisting at home, with the housework and taking care of the kids, since he is not working anymore, the wife is still expected to do it. Ever since women were just little girls, they have been taught that it is

This is not only taught to them by their parents, but by society as well. There are countless movies and television shows where the wife is the one who stays at home to take care of the children, clean and cook. Likewise, little girls are taught from such a young age that when they become wives, it is a prerequisite that they do whatever they can to keep their families happy. When people visit their friend’s or family’s house, they presume the wife would do all the work. They want her to serve and feed them, all while the husband gets to be treated just like a guest. “…I want a wife who will have the house clean, will prepare a special meal, and serve it to me and my friends and not interrupt when I talk…” The wife is not being treated like an equal by the husband, she is taken advantage of and is expected to do everything for everyone, including her guests. If children were raised