journal entry 5

Read Judy Syfers’ essay, "Why I Want a Wife" (available on WebCT under "Course Documents") before answering the following questions:
This essay was written in 1971. What types of duties does Syfers describe as being performed by wives? To what degree do you believe these are still done primarily by women? Have these or other things about the husband/wife relationship changed in the last 37 years? The duties descibed in this essay is the wife being responsible in about everything including children care, husband care, food, cleaning, planning of socail affairs, and all this while also working and paying for a lot of things. i beleive the the the wife no in days still do most of the cooking, cleaning, and childcare, but a lot of responsibilities that wifes had to respond for before, husbands are stepping up and taking care of that. In the last 37 years the hisband/wife relationship have completely changed. Most families now share the responsibilities equally. You will even see the guy stay home and do all the housework and childcare, and the wife going to work everyday.
How would you describe Syfers’ writing style? Does she do things you would typically avoid in your own writing? Syfers' writing style is very simple. He is just repeating i want a wife..... there is no difficulty and it probably is the writing style that elementary kids can probably understand easily. I would avoid most of his writing style. Usually i avoid the "I" in my papaers, he uses it in every sentence. i would make my paper in a more difficult language.
Syfers was reacting to a social structure that she felt at the time was unfair. What types of injustice or unfairness do you see in the world nowadays that you think should be addressed? Syfers implies that men benefit from the servile position of women in the family. Who benefits from the injustices you see active in the world today? I think the biggest injustice is the dicrimination for the gays and lesbians. i believe we are all people and we all have feelings. What is so wrong two people falling in love with each other and wanting to spend theri lives together forever? I believe no one benefits from injustice because when discrimination is showed riots are formed and damages are usually made which causes money. So for example if the government decide that gays will not be allowed to be seen in public, there is a great possibility that there will be a huge riot with the people throwin things at government buildings, breaking things in the street, etc. and all that will cause the government money.