While reading "Women Read the Romance," by Janice A. Radway, you notice that women read romance novels to escape their everyday lives and fulfill their emotional needs. Radway keeps emphasizing that women are often mistreated compared to men, and that they should have more say in the household.
I believe that women are entitled to opinions in the household and should have emotional needs by their husbands instead of relying on romance novels. Marital problems might also be the cause of women relying on romance novels. Usually on the covers of romance novels, most the time their will be a young attractive male with a really attractive woman. The cover right represents a dream that the reader probably would never have because it is most likely a fantasy. When women read these novels their emotions are fulfilled for the time being, but after they are done reading, they are back to the old house life.
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