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Ana Galloway English 101 Type 1

On December 29, 1973, Tedd and Donna were united in holy matrimony. It has since been 34 years and my parents are still going strong. I don’t believe in the perfect relationship, but I do believe in great relationships. In great relationships there is a balance of give and take, that happy medium where both you and your partner are satisfied. In the article “I Want a Wife”, Judy Brady describes to her what she would want in a wife. Personally, it sounded like she wanted a slave; you can make that assumption on your own. I want a wife who will work and send me to school (Brady 277). In my house hold both of my parents work, they have equal responsibilities. They taught my sisters and I to be hard workers, with whatever task at hand. In our family we all have certain jobs to do around the house. When it come to dinner we all play different roles. My mom or dad usually cooks, my sisters and I set the table and who ever didn’t cook helps do the dishes. This helps us get things done in an orderly manor, and no one person is stuck with all the work. Brady goes to say, “ I want a wife that will plan menus, do the necessary grocery shopping, prepare the meals, serve them pleasantly, and then do the cleaning up while I do my studying (277).” I don’t know era Brady is living in but since world war two women have been know do other things than house work. This is an era where women work forty hour weeks; and still find time to get have dinner on the table. Next Brady goes to say, “My wife must arrange to lose time at work and not lose the job (277).” How can you expect an employer to keep paying an employee that doesn’t come to work? Why would you want someone that isn’t reliable? How can Brady expect her wife to be a good role model to their children if thgtrf ey are already showing bad work ethics? Brady has so many different expectations that this would be almost impossible to sustain a relationship with. I want a wife want a wife who will not bother me with rambling complaints about a wives duties. But I want a wife who will listen to me when I feel the need to explain a rather difficult point (Brady 277). Great relationships are those in which there is companionship, you need to be able to talk to your significant other about anything. When things are on sided they tend to put stress on the relationship. There isn’t that give and take aspect of the relationship, there is just that constant take. Brady sounds like she wants someone who will make sure every aspect of the their relationship is about her. //“If by chance, I find another person more suitable as a wife than the wife// //I already have, I want the liberty to replace my present wife; my wife will// //Take the children and be solely responsible for them so that I am left free// //(Brady, 278).”// To me this doesn’t even sound like a relationship it just sounds like and one sided monogamy. Brady doesn’t sound compromising at all about what she wants, everything seems set in stone. I would never be able to be in a relationship with someone who is so opinionated and inconsiderate. My parents have always taught me that it is important to consider others feelings. I believe this rule applies in life-long partnerships.

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Mackenzie Jacobs Wendt English 100 9/26/07 Article 4

Wants of a Wife

Growing up my mom had a very full life, she was always busy. I knew she wanted a break she worked as a supervisor and a baker at a big restaurant. My mom worked at three in the morning and worked a full twelve hour shift. She wanted to go back to school but she was a single mom with two kids, we we’re alone and didn’t have much help. My mom got home about a half hour before we did but when we got off the bus she had dinner on the stove and either had the house picked up or she was in the process of doing so. Plus I was playing sports and I had practice on Tuesdays and Thursdays from six thirty till eight thirty, and still when we got home she still washed my dirty cloths from practice.

My mom hates not having something to do that’s constructive, whether it be working, cleaning the house or taking care of someone now, but ten years ago when we didn’t have anything she was exhausted. She had to make plans around work and her kids to go out and have fun, but my brother and I understood that she needed a break from the hassles we were to her, but she would be there in an instant if we needed something.

Moms aren’t just moms either though, she also was a maid, a free taxi driver a doctor for us or a secretary making appointments, but was also a teacher my mom taught me and my brother responsibility and respect. She taught us how to take care of ourselves and each other. I myself was a “mommas boy” so I had inside duties such as cooking, cleaning, and laundry. My brother on the other hand was the out doors kid who liked breaking things and maybe fixing the things he broke, he learned that from my dad.

In the article “I want a Wife” by Judy Brady she talks about what wives do and it makes it sound like a lot of work because it is people don’t understand how much they do, they are pretty much slaves to their children and their husbands. Because of my mom my father had all the time he wanted to, to do what he wanted, even though they weren’t together he still had responsibilities though, like working to pay child support and still making a living for himself, but nowhere near to how much my mom did.

In the article Brady talks about what kind of wife she would want, she states “I want a wife that will take care of my physical needs. I want a wife who will pick up after my children; I want a wife that will pick up after me” (Brady 227). Isn’t that what wives and mothers would do anyway? In the article Brady also states “I want a wife that will not bother me with rambling complaints about a wife’s duties” (Brady 277). That would just make life boring and who else would wives talk to about problems?

In the end of the article Brady states “When I am through with school and have a job, I want my wife to quit working and remain at home so that can more fully and completely take care of a wives duties” (Brady 278). What I get from that is a wife should never do anything except for take care of the house and the children, life would suck. I would never ask for a wife to only do what Brady thinks a wife should do. I would split the load of duties with my wife. If she wanted to go back to school and get a further education so be it. I don’t want a wife that is a slave I want a fair and equal relationship between a husband and a wife.

Emily Schinnerer Wendt English 100 9/26/07

The Appeal of the Androgynous Man

The article “The Appeal of the Androgynous Man” by Amy Gross is very interesting. Gross is very opinionated in this article. It talks about men being more androgynous than being manly or non-androgynous. I never knew what androgynous meant, but after reading this article, I had a better understand of what androgynous meant. What I figured out from reading the article was that androgynous meant a more feminine type of guy. The actual definition of androgynous is having both male and female characteristics.

Gross states that “All-men men don’t read books that are interesting.” I don’t think that what type of book a man reads should determine what kind of man he is, or how manly he is. I feel Gross makes this statement because she is fond of the androgynous man and because she cannot connect with the manly man. She doesn’t find interest in the things more manly men like so she doesn’t think that it is interesting.

In our society, many people think that men need to be manly and macho or simply non-androgynous. Most people think that it is wrong for a man to cry or show any type of emotion. A lot of people think that women only want to date or marry a manly man. This is because society thinks that women need a man in their life to take care of them, and be able to protect them. Many women do want to date a more masculine guy. On the other hand, I don’t think that women only want to date or marry an androgynous man. I believe that there are many women who would rather have a nice, caring guy, who isn’t afraid to show emotion in front of others, than have a man who acts like a jerk in front of other people. There are many men in the world who are more feminine that women wouldn’t mind being with. These men are androgynous men.

Like I said before an androgynous man is a man with both male and female characteristics. In Gross’ article she compares androgynous men to non-androgynous men. Gross thinks that a real man should have more feminine qualities. Gross says that “all-en men do not really like women.” I disagree with that. I disagree because just because a man is masculine doesn’t mean that they don’t like women. I believe that because Gross prefers the androgynous man over the non-androgynous man she makes this statement.

Gross comments on many stereotypes. One specific stereotype is certain men and women being stupid. She makes the comment the high masculinity in men and high femininity in women is correlated with lower intelligence. I don’t believe this is true at all. I don’t think that just because a guy is very masculine or a women very feminine, it means that they have a lower intelligence level. If you set your mind to being intelligent then you can be as smart as you want, as long as you work at it. Many people think that male athletes and blond women are stupid. This stereotype has been around for quiet awhile. Since it has been around for such a long time, blond women do act like they aren’t very smart. Some of these women do it to pick up men. Male athletes act like they don’t care about anything other then sports.

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Jessica Swan Wendt Eng 100 9/26/07 Article 4

Wants

I can imagine that my mother would love to have a day off from everything, she dose so much. My mother works eight to ten hours a day in the hospital with sick and sometimes crazy people. Then she comes home and cooks dinner and cleans up after her three kids who always left a mess. On top of that she always made sure I was feed before every practice or game I had to go to, and having three athletes she made sure we were all fed had clean cloth to wear and the right uniforms and right equipment. She drove me everywhere out of state and even out of country and she still works hard at work and manages to do everything all over again day after day.

My mother is a working type but she was never alone, my Father was there helping her clean dishes and do the laundry. My dad also was a personal chauffer for me and my brothers. But once we I turned fourteen everything changed, We had money problems so my mom and dad started to work twelve to fourteen hours a day, so that left me making dinner and keeping the house clean and doing the laundry, and as for ride I had to ask for ride to practices or ride my bike, or walk.

Mothers are not just moms they are wives to many men. In the article I Want a Wife by Judy Brady she goes on and on about what a wife dose and how she wouldn’t mind having one herself so she could do stuff she wanted to do. She makes it clear to me that she thinks a wife is someone who sounds like a slave, I don’t agree on all theses points but some of them are valid. The old time stereotype was that a wife had to please the husband in every way, make dinner, take care of the kids and still work and keep the house clean.

In the beginning of the article Brady states “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. I want a wife who will work and send me to school.” (Brady 277). What I took from this is that after her being married to a man she fells that she deserves something back. She worked had as a wife and she wants the same kind of treatment the she had to give to her husband.

Brady also goes on saying what kind of wife she would want, “ I want a wife who will wash the children’s clothes and keep them mended.....I want a wife who cooks the meals, a wife who is a good cook. I want a wife who will plan the menus, so the necessary grocery shopping, prepare the meals, serve them pleasantly, and then so the cleaning up while I do studying.”(Brady 227). This sound to me like she really just wants a maid or a nanny, that will do everything and be nice company. This sound more like she had a bad situation being a wife, because my mother dose not do the grocery shopping or prepares all the meals, my father cooks most of the time because my moms job has been getting stressful. So I disagree with what she calls a wife isn’t real for most people, there are situation where wives do everything for there husbands but for the most part it doesn’t happen that way. She also states “ I want a wife who will type my papers for me when i written them.” (Brady 227). I can not get anyone who will type my papers because that no there job its mine so she really just want a slave to slave over her every needs and I strongly disagree with that.

The Point Judy Brady is trying to get over is that when she was a wife and a mother she had many jobs outside of her real job. She had to cook, clean be very responsible for her kids and take care of her husband and she just wants a break. She wants what she had to do so she can be content with her life.