Reading this essay really made me think. I do think the status of women has changed. Some men really do expect women to carry the full load in a marriage. They often treat them as if they were property. I feel that women are responsibility for defending their equality. If you allow one to take advantage of your thoughts, and actions making you believe that your worthless, then at some point you fall in that trap they've set for you. The main idea of this authors argument was, who wouldn't want "A Wife" someone that does everything for you with the exception of breathing your every breath. I did get the impression that the author was indicating that men also have good qualities, which at some time may allow women to take advantage of them as well.