Weighing In
What is a modern family? Why do you want a wife? And why do people still get married? These questions are asked throughout “Modern Family” by Mena Charen and “I Want a Wife” by Judy Brady. Marriage is the legally or formally recognized union of a man and a women, or same sex as partners in a relationship. Marriage to me is a give and take relationship between two people who love and understand each other. In comparing and contrasting “Modern Family” and “I Want a Wife” they are very similar in that they both talk about marriage and family.
In “Modern Family” columnist and political analyst Mona Charen argues improving the power of formal marriage. A critic of same-sex marriage, Charen concentrates in this essay on straight marriage. …show more content…
Reading further into both stories one main similarity is one of the most important topics of both articles. The most important topic of both articles are family. “Modern family” by Charen talks about modern families as “I Want a Wife” by Brady talks about a married family. Another similarity is that women contribute more to the family needs and wants in the household. Most of what Chena describes as a modern family seems to some extent very traditional where she states “mothers do nearly 70 percent house work and taking care of the children” while fathers do 65 percent of breadwinning, Brady mentions several duties a wife does in the family house hold. She goes on and on about more needs of the husband and the children and how wife’s solitary concern in life should only be to take care of the family needs and wants. Another similarity is men are the ones that bring in the money in the family as women are house wives. In “Modern Family” Chena talks about men usually are breadwinners and women are mostly home barriers. In “I Want a Wife” Brady mentions she wants a wife who will cook, clean, and take care of the children while the husband go to …show more content…
As stated by Charen “Surveys consistently find that women do much more housework than men, even in cohabitating relationships”. While Brady lists several duties showing women doing most work around the house. “I want a wife that is expected to clean the house for guest and serve the guest”. “I want a wife who will cook, clean and take care of the children”. A funny twist to both articles is the topic of each being questioned. As the title of “Modern Family” ending off in a question mark. Throughout the article a modern family is being questioned. In “I Want a Wife” while Brady list duties women do from a man point of view to show she too would want a wife. Also ending off her article by saying “My God, who wouldn’t want a
What is a modern family? Why do you want a wife? And why do people still get married? These questions are asked throughout “Modern Family” by Mena Charen and “I Want a Wife” by Judy Brady. Marriage is the legally or formally recognized union of a man and a women, or same sex as partners in a relationship. Marriage to me is a give and take relationship between two people who love and understand each other. In comparing and contrasting “Modern Family” and “I Want a Wife” they are very similar in that they both talk about marriage and family.
In “Modern Family” columnist and political analyst Mona Charen argues improving the power of formal marriage. A critic of same-sex marriage, Charen concentrates in this essay on straight marriage. …show more content…
Reading further into both stories one main similarity is one of the most important topics of both articles. The most important topic of both articles are family. “Modern family” by Charen talks about modern families as “I Want a Wife” by Brady talks about a married family. Another similarity is that women contribute more to the family needs and wants in the household. Most of what Chena describes as a modern family seems to some extent very traditional where she states “mothers do nearly 70 percent house work and taking care of the children” while fathers do 65 percent of breadwinning, Brady mentions several duties a wife does in the family house hold. She goes on and on about more needs of the husband and the children and how wife’s solitary concern in life should only be to take care of the family needs and wants. Another similarity is men are the ones that bring in the money in the family as women are house wives. In “Modern Family” Chena talks about men usually are breadwinners and women are mostly home barriers. In “I Want a Wife” Brady mentions she wants a wife who will cook, clean, and take care of the children while the husband go to …show more content…
As stated by Charen “Surveys consistently find that women do much more housework than men, even in cohabitating relationships”. While Brady lists several duties showing women doing most work around the house. “I want a wife that is expected to clean the house for guest and serve the guest”. “I want a wife who will cook, clean and take care of the children”. A funny twist to both articles is the topic of each being questioned. As the title of “Modern Family” ending off in a question mark. Throughout the article a modern family is being questioned. In “I Want a Wife” while Brady list duties women do from a man point of view to show she too would want a wife. Also ending off her article by saying “My God, who wouldn’t want a