Throughout Current Issues and Enduring Questions there are many interesting readings. Two that stood out were “Does Fatherhood Make You Happy?” by Daniel Gilbert and “I Want A Wife” by Judy Brady. Gilbert and Judy discuss in their essays two different ideas of happiness that overlap in some aspects. Daniel Gilbert’s essay “Does Fatherhood Make You Happy?” starts off with a short history lesson of how Father’s day came about and the idea that children are the cause of all fathers’ happiness. Gilbert (2006) then contradicts this passage by stating, “Could all these dads be wrong?”(p.776). He uses this as his attention getter to pull his audience in. Judy Brady takes a different approach in “I Want A Wife”. The essay starts out with Brady (1971)
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In “I Want A Wife” Brady pointed out a time when one of her male friends had recently been divorced and he was looking for another wife. She then goes on to add that she too would like to have a wife and gives the reasoning behind this in several sections. The sections consist of: going back to school, physical needs, social life, and sexual needs. Brady implied in the section of going back to school that her wife would send her back to school while her wife would take care of the children and work. Her wife would complete all the necessary housework while also managing the children’s lives. The next section consists of the physical needs Brady wants her wife to accomplish. Whether it be cleaning the house to making sure her clothes are ironed, Brady expects her wife to take care of it all. Brady also expects her wife to take care of her social needs. These include making sure the children are in bed when there is company over and having a babysitter lined up whenever they go out. Brady’s last section explains the sexual needs her wife would be responsible for. These include making sure she is satisfied but her wife will not demand sexual attention when she is not in the mood. Her wife would also be responsible for birth control and being sexually faithful. Judy Brady closes her essay by addressing that when she is done with school her wife will quit work and stay home to be able to complete her wife duties more precisely
In “I Want A Wife” Brady pointed out a time when one of her male friends had recently been divorced and he was looking for another wife. She then goes on to add that she too would like to have a wife and gives the reasoning behind this in several sections. The sections consist of: going back to school, physical needs, social life, and sexual needs. Brady implied in the section of going back to school that her wife would send her back to school while her wife would take care of the children and work. Her wife would complete all the necessary housework while also managing the children’s lives. The next section consists of the physical needs Brady wants her wife to accomplish. Whether it be cleaning the house to making sure her clothes are ironed, Brady expects her wife to take care of it all. Brady also expects her wife to take care of her social needs. These include making sure the children are in bed when there is company over and having a babysitter lined up whenever they go out. Brady’s last section explains the sexual needs her wife would be responsible for. These include making sure she is satisfied but her wife will not demand sexual attention when she is not in the mood. Her wife would also be responsible for birth control and being sexually faithful. Judy Brady closes her essay by addressing that when she is done with school her wife will quit work and stay home to be able to complete her wife duties more precisely