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This 3 page reflection essay comments on "I Want a Wife" by Judy Brady, which was first published in the early 1970s and outlines the way in which the traditional marriage paradigm envisioned that role. The writer argues that this paradigm has changed and that young women today insist on marriage being an equal partnership. Only the Brady essay is cited.
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indicates the economic benefits of having a wife, such as being willing to return to work in order to send a spouse through college, as well as the social benefits,
such as attending to the needs of the couples children. In short, Brady indicates that a wifes role is one of constant subservience to her spouses needs and the needs
of her children. The wifes role requires being a good cook, a good mother, a efficient and capable hostess, a good companion, as well as a good sexual partner who
responds enthusiastically when her spouse wants to make love, but is not demanding otherwise. While this paradigm was certainly applicable to the 1970s, in this writer/tutors opinion, this paradigm
has changed over the last 40 years. While it may still be possible for men to find a old-fashioned girl who subscribes to the notion that subservience is her religiously-ordained
role, the vast majority of young women today demand an equal say and equal consideration within the framework of marriage. For example,
Brady writes that a wife is expected to take care "of the children when they are sick" and make arrangements for their care without losing her job, as the spouse
"cannot miss classes at school" (Brady 361). I know a young couple where it is the husband who stays home from work when children are sick because he can work
from home, where the wifes presence as an elementary school teacher necessitates her presence on the job. Another young couple of my acquaintance handles child sick days by alternating this
responsibility. Brady writes that a wife is expected to not only pick up after the children, but also expected to "pick up after me" and ensure that her spouses
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