Judy Brady I Want A Wife

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Focused on the topic at hand, Judy Brady once said, “My god, who wouldn’t want a wife?” (230). This sentence was used to emphasize the central purpose of the passage; it indicated that wives were vital. In 1970, around the time Judy published her article, women only made up less than fifty percent of the labor force. The low percentage keyed into a wife’s job outside of the workforce, it being doing everything at home. For example, Judy Brady states in her article,” I want a wife who will work and send me to school.” (299). Following through with saying,”When I am through with school and have a job, I want my wife to quit working and remain at home so that my wife can more fully and completely take care of a wife’s duties.” (230). These quotes relate to the statement that women are expected to take care of men. …show more content…

The technics are shown throughout the article, resulting in a well-constructed argument. The methods help the reader better understand the argument testified. Ethos is a device used to win over an audience’s trust of authority. An example would be when Brady mentions,”I belong to that classification of people known as wives. I am a Wife. And, not altogether incidentally, I am a mother.” (229). This informs readers that she can speak as a wife and mother, because she is one. The purpose of pathos, is to win over an audience’s sympathy. This can be recognized by the humor and sarcasm dispersed through the duration of the piece. Pathos is also serving to aspire women to see that they are not treated equally; giving women more fuel to fight back. When Judy Brady uses logos, she does not use actual facts; she simply states a woman’s duties. Logos is when a writer uses factual information to support their claim. In a way, Judy is using facts about a wife’s, and mother’s, duties. These are facts because readers were informed earlier in the piece, she is a mother and a