Why I Want A Wife
American women in the 1970s took the role of a typical housewife and mother. Wives were expected to clean the house, care for the children, cook the meals, and tend to their husband’s needs, with limited time to focus on themselves. Only in recent decades have the idealistic standards subsided due to more independent-minded women verbalizing disapproval with their role. Judy Brady, a 1970s housewife and mother, uses the rhetorical device of pathos in her article , “Why I Want a Wife”, to effectively convey her message concerning the traditional duties of women.
“Why I Want a Wife” contains numerous examples of appeals to emotions, or pathos. Because her article is aimed toward the readers of Ms. Magazine, majorly women, the
American women in the 1970s took the role of a typical housewife and mother. Wives were expected to clean the house, care for the children, cook the meals, and tend to their husband’s needs, with limited time to focus on themselves. Only in recent decades have the idealistic standards subsided due to more independent-minded women verbalizing disapproval with their role. Judy Brady, a 1970s housewife and mother, uses the rhetorical device of pathos in her article , “Why I Want a Wife”, to effectively convey her message concerning the traditional duties of women.
“Why I Want a Wife” contains numerous examples of appeals to emotions, or pathos. Because her article is aimed toward the readers of Ms. Magazine, majorly women, the