Comparing I Want A Wife And Wedding Day Diamonds

What is marriage? Should one party ever have more power or advantage over the other? These are just two of the questions that are present in these two very different texts. In “I Want a Wife” by Judy Syfers, she addresses some very unrealistic expectations that society has of how women should behave while married. It paints a very black and white picture of the gender roles of our society today, as well. While in the other text, a billboard advertisement for Wedding Day Diamonds, we see the man's perspective on how women should act. In this essay, these two texts will be comparatively analysed through diction, perspective, and tone. Both of these text have very misogynistic undertones and stereotypes that are shown through the language that is used, the diction. In the article by Judy Syfers, she explores all the reasons why she would want a wife. The first paragraph of the article quickly sets the tone, Syfer writes, “I belong to that classification of people known as wives. I am A Wife.”. The capital letters imply a role, an identity, as if being a wife in itself is a career. Often when we are labeled, that becomes the only thing that we are seen for, like

In the advertisement, a ring is way to “make her speechless.”. Despite the blatant accusation that women will only stop talking when they get what they want, it almost feels like it’s foreshadowing what’s to come. Like marriage is the only way to get the woman to be quiet and obedient. It encourages men to believe that marriage is just a way to control the woman. And that is exactly what Syfers is criticizing in her article. That the man just expects her to know what to do, and do be completely subservient. The man just wants the wife to serve him and his friends. Men want dolls, not actual women that have their own wants and needs. They want to be able to get a new wife, when they get tired of the current