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"When two become One, that One is the Man" (Spencer, 1994) reminds me of the ownership the man has over his wife. The loss of her identity by taking on the mans last name. The ring on her finger, indicating that she is the property of the man, everything that she owns from this day forth belongs to him and she no longer has much of a say as to what she does with her life.
Spencer reintroduces evidence of past laws and ideas that were created in order to control women and keep the man the better half.
The hard "unpaid housework" the housewife must complete during the time the man spends "slaving at the office", run her errands for the day, taking care of the children, supper on the table by 6 pm, and she still must look attractive, make the whole idea of cleaning and keeping a household seem so effortless, then greet and be ever so courteous to the man who was promised to look after HER.

The work intends to show the death of marriage and the distant, effortless and broken relationship between the husband and wife. I like to think of the act of being a bride one glamours day to compensate for the life of empty promises and slavery waiting ahead.

Spencer, D. (1994). Weddings and Wives. Australia, Penguin Books