By the time around the 1960s and 1970s, a feminist movement was in an effort striving to achieve equal liberties socially and politically for all women. Author Judy Brady, wrote the essay “I Want a Wife”, in light of the feminist movement. In the essay the author cleverly places the reader into the man’s viewpoint to visualize all of a wife’s responsibilities that a husband desires while allowing the reader to realize how discriminating and cruel it is to have to be that kind of spouse. As a whole, the essay consists a great deal of harsh tasks for wives that husbands request. In all, Brady affectively utilizes each of the rhetorical appeals while additionally creating an overall purpose from the use of rhetoric with consistent repetition of words intended for a specific audience.
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The essay holds numerous and valid arguments and are supported by each request that Brady has stated in her point of view as the husband. The clearest argument is that women who are wives are expected to do way too much. An additional obvious argument is that men and women are treated on completely different and unfair levels. In Brady’s essay she states, “I want a wife who will take care of my physical needs. I want a wife who will keep my house clean” (Brady 2). This quote could continue on and on about what tasks a husband would desire from his wife which proves the clear inequality and different treatment between some men and women. Brady’s supported use of logos is clear throughout the whole essay with potent arguments reinforced by evident reasons of unequal treatment. Not only is the logic clear of what is right and wrong, the mistreatment of wives also emotionally affects the
The essay holds numerous and valid arguments and are supported by each request that Brady has stated in her point of view as the husband. The clearest argument is that women who are wives are expected to do way too much. An additional obvious argument is that men and women are treated on completely different and unfair levels. In Brady’s essay she states, “I want a wife who will take care of my physical needs. I want a wife who will keep my house clean” (Brady 2). This quote could continue on and on about what tasks a husband would desire from his wife which proves the clear inequality and different treatment between some men and women. Brady’s supported use of logos is clear throughout the whole essay with potent arguments reinforced by evident reasons of unequal treatment. Not only is the logic clear of what is right and wrong, the mistreatment of wives also emotionally affects the