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An Integrated English Course III Unit 4Text 1 Why I Want a Wife Key to Exercises Text comprehension I. Decide whose voice Syfers assumes in this essay. B. Throughout the passage, Syfers assumes the voice of a self-centered man who makes endless demands on his wife from every aspect of his life: his occupation, his children, his home, his friends, and himself. This is a demanding and dominant voice which represents all the male voices at that time. II. Judge, according to the text, whether the following statements are true or false. 1. T. The first sentence of the third paragraph I would like to go back to school so that I can become economically independent ... indicates that the author was financially dependent on her husband, which was a common practice at that time. 2. T. Syfers depicts an ideal wife and mother who takes care of every aspect of the husbands life from physical, intellectual, to social and sexual aspects. Above all, she has to take care of the physical side of his life: She has to keep the house clean, cook the meal, take care of him when he is sick, and meet his sexual needs when needed. She should also attend to his other needs like intellectual or emotional needs, but meeting a husbands physical needs is the first and foremost duty of a wife. 3. T. Though the wife has to be a passionate lover when needed, she has to understand and accept that her husbands sexual desire may demand more than herself to satisfy because as an intellectual he has to relate to people as fully as possible. This is a double moral standard for men and women which places women at a disadvantage. 4. F. Syferss tone is satirical and bitter in the disguise of light-hearted humor. Her satire and bitterness are revealed in many details which show the absurdity of mens demands on their wives and the unfairness of the social conventions for women. The title itself is an example of satire: The author is a woman, yet she claims that she herself wants a wife, whic