Rhetorical Analysis Of Why I Want A Wife By Judy Brady

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This article, “Why I Want a Wife,” was written during a time a vital time for women in history. At this time the Women’s Right Movement was going on and wives and mothers wanted equal treatment. Before the movement women had few rights and were expected to stay home and care for the child and house by men. Many articles were written why women, like Judy Brady, during this time in support of Women's rights. In this article, many rhetorics methods are applied. Brady uses the rhetorical strategy of logos the most to create an argument against sexism and equal rights for wives. Brady throughout this article uses facts with hard evidence to prove knowledge of the topic and create an argument. Brady begins the article by proving her knowledge about …show more content…

As a woman she wants to be able to support herself and not depend on others, but she cannot because she has to do all the duties that are required as a wife and does not have time: “I would like to go back to school so that I can become economically independent, support myself, and if need be, support those dependent upon me” (229). Women were discriminated against, and their needs were not thought to be as critical as men’s and children’s. The wife is expected to take care of everyone else's needs before her own. Wives were supposed to get groceries, make meals, arrange schedules, do the shopping, and clean. Wives do not have time to do what they want and take care of their own needs because of those duties. Eventually, these duties turn into burdens to wives. Not only were wives expected to fulfill all those duties, but some were expected to have and keep another job outside the house to help provide for their families. As a man, they expected the wife to plan and arrange every fraction of the men's life: "I want a wife who will take care of the details of my social life. When I meet people at school that I like and want to entertain, I want a wife who will have

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