Inequality

Women have always been treated as less but expected to do more. In today’s society women are commonly found responsible of all the basic needs in everyday life, which can be defined as the traditional housewife role. This is where the saying anything a man can do a woman can do better comes into place because if being a man is difficult, than being a woman is the ultimate challenge. A majority of the women deal with the struggles of being told they are not good enough and what they could to do to make themselves better, but rarely are they ever fulfilled with admiration of all of the accomplishments in their day to day life. Judy Brady wrote, “Why I Want a Wife” to raise awareness of this ever so degrading value that women are noticed as and to surface daily social issues faced by a vast majority of women around the world. This essay is a very strong realization of today’s society and I believe that one person should not be solely responsible for everything it should be an equal effort.

Women are raised around the stereotype that they are responsible for maintaining the house, making sure their children are well taken care of, satisfying their significant other and going to work. Don’t get me wrong some women do but the average human can only handle so much before they become overwhelmed and break down. This is why a relationship consists of two people so the responsibility can be divided equally amongst the two individuals. Then in the essay “Why I Want a Wife” Judy Brady states, “I want a wife to make sure my children eat properly and are kept clean. I want a wife who will wash the children’s clothes and keep them mended. I want a wife who is a good nurturant attendant to my children, who arranges for their schooling, makes sure...

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...Brady’s essay, she takes a more sarcastic route but still makes a magnificent point that even though divorce is legal, if you choose to leave someone that doesn’t make them fully responsibility of something or someone it took two people to create.

Now going back to my thesis statement it takes two to make a child, that doesn’t mean you only need one to raise that child. Even the parents whom get divorced are to equally participate in the child’s life unless deemed unfit. Then to expect the mother of the children to just pick up leave with the children and all of their belongings so you could be “left free” with your new spouse is beyond outrageous. These are just a few examples of the stereotypical challenges woman face in their life. Perhaps the biggest moral to be learned is to respect others no matter what. We are all equal and that’s how we should be treated.