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Why
I Want a Wife?
About author:
Name: Judy Syfers
Birthdate: 1937
Birthplace: San Francisco
Education: University of
Lowa (
爱荷华大学
) received her
B.F.A.
美
术
学
士
in
1962
became
a
free-
lance
writer
during the
1960s has written articles on such issues as
abortion,
education,
and
the
labor
and
women's
movements for variety of publications.
The provocative
essay reprinted here
first appeared in Ms. Magazine in
1971
and
has
become
a
classic
of
feminist
satire.
In
August 1970, she stood
before a crowd gathered in San
Francisco and read an essay she wrote
entitled
Want a Wife.
50th
anniversary
of
the
19th
amendment,
giving
women the right to vote. Judy was
heckled(
闹场起哄
) by
men in the audience, but the essay had
an immediate
impact
within
the
strengthening
feminist(
女
权
主
义
)
movement .
My thinking:
In this
passage, the author claimed her idea from a
man
’
s
point
of
view
,she
talked
about
the
role
of
women
in
different
times:
a
good
wife
should
be
the
one
who
is
a
skilled
housemaid
in
the
house
,she
should
take good care of his husband and his children
and make all the things prepared; a
good wife should
be the one who is a
good listener when there are some
problems,
she
can
give
all
his
trust
to
his
husband
without any doubt or
hesitation; a good wife should be
the
one who is an excellent housekeeper whenever it
is,
she
should
manage
everything
in
a
proper
order
and
make
sure
that
there
is
nothing
wrong;
a
good
wife
should be the one who is a considerate
secretary when
there
are
some
social
events,
she
can
make
all
the
necessary
preparation
and
take
all
possible
elements
into consideration .All those describes
a vivid picture of
women
’
s
movement..
I
thought
a
lot
after
reading
it
.Hundreds
of
years
ago , in our feudal society, women were
in a very low
statue
,they
could
not
go
to
school,
had
no
freedom
and no
chance to choose their husband and life ,their
embarrassing
part
in
the
feminist