I Want A Wife

In english a couple of days ago, our homework was to read a short narrative titled "I Want A Wife." In this short passage written in the 70's, Judy Brady explains all the responsibilities of being a wife. She does it in such a way where she starts every paragraph with "I want a wife who will..." It is astounding how much has changed since the 70's, but at the same time how much we still need to do. She explains that while men go back to school to get higher degrees, or leave for work all day or go to social events, wives are always at home cooking, cleaning and taking care of their kids. Although many women have a regular day job now and it is normal for females to work, men still believe that the job of a woman is to be a house wife. Brady really emphasizes how much women used to do around the house and how it does not even add up to half of what males do, even if they do have a full time job. She mentions taking care of the children, cooking, cleaning, and having to be a therapist as well as pleasuring her husband sexually, all in one day. Luckily, this generation does not have to start the movement, but we do have to finish it. Women still do not have equal working rights because they do get payed less and there is an extraordinarily unequal balance of women CEO's vs. men CEO's. Instead of saying we want a wife, let's say we want to BE a wife.