Write a magazine article for Good HouseKeeping (a magazine for women), in which you argue whether married women should work.
Yes. The traditional view of a married women's role is to stay in the home and look after the children and provide food for the husband. However, this view is outdated, as numerous changes in the society and law have moved on. Some of these changes include the changes in the position of women, as women are allowed to be educated and get a job.
Some married women probably have a degree, which took time to earn, but some still believe that once a women is married, her role is to stay in the house, look after the children and have no occupation. This is because they are seen as a housewife and those who do the housekeeping, whilst men are the breedwinners.
Some sociologists believe that a married women must stay and look after things within the house. On the other hand, married women should work, this is because it helps the husband financially, in other words, not having to lend them money. As the article "Women Talking to Men," by Mary Stott, indicates three scenarios. First scenario is "Husband A", some men may respond as this. However, some may say (Husband B), "I can't afford it". Whilst others may be in between, as husband C says, "How much do you think you will need?" The first scenario leads to 'no', whereas, the other two scenarios leads to 'yes', because they portray negative scenes, when a women does not work.
Some men believe that if a women earns money, they spend it on things that are unnecessary, which means the opposite to women. As Mary Stott questions her audience when saying, "How can a man endure... only of semi-adult status?"
Attitudes twoards marriage has changed, as women can get educated. Therefore, they put marriage to a side, never marry or work as well as marring. Equality between women and men are becoming more equal in areas such as, education, voting, domestic households and many more.
Commentary:
In the article above, I inculded the different views of women, from the traditional view of marrige and the mordern view. This was to help me answer the question, as the roles and attitudes about women have changed and to give both sides of the argument, whether married women should work or not. I linked the question back to the two articles, one of which was the article by Mary Stott, she used scenarios, to portray the different reason why a women should work when married. I did this to make my answer stronger, as I said yes for married women to work as well as attitudes towards marriage and equality between women and men.
The question asked by Mary Stott has the the adjective pre-modifier 'semi', which is used to describe women, which means a women is not fully grown up, therefore, illustrates patriarchy.
www a sound attempt with some fluent writing and a sense of voice
ReplyDeleteebi you avoid reference to the articles unless you can be really specific and make it clear which theories you are exploring. Ensure that you re-read and that your article makes sense throughout. Commentary: you have made very general comments but not been language specific enough. Look to analyse a specific sentence or two making comment about the literary devices and language features.