Gender equality is a growing issue in today’s modern world where every comment or opinion involving gender is sensitive to the public. In E.J. Graffs’ “The M/F Boxes” the author argues that society should evaluate their interpretation of gender and sex. Due to the fact that the author is a “widely published author of articles on gender equality and family issues” (Graff 221), she expresses interest in homosexual egalitarianism and enlightens her readers with real life scenarios of homosexual people that go through inhumane experiences throughout her article. The author effectively proves her point by illustrating real life scenarios, releasing facts that correspond to her essay, and voicing pathos for her own argument. Arguably the author
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Graff articulates how society views and acts towards homosexuals by utilizing historical literary references. Logos is found in most of her article hence many of the stories of these victims need factual background. One example of factual research is the case of Tyra Hunter, who was treated inhumanly and was discriminated by her gender. “In August 1995 Tyra Hunter’s car crashed in Washington DC. When firefighters paramedics cut away her dress and found male genitals, they laughed and mocked her. She bled to death in the hospital. In August 2000 a jury awarded Hunter’s mother $1.75 million in a wrongful-death action.” (Graff 224). The author could have easily just stated the victim's name and the situation but she went more in depth and evaluated the situation. By stating facts to what accordingly happened in this incident, this makes the author more credible to her argument which gender and sex should be rethinked by society. Graff went in depth so the reader could connect with her words and not only understand the situation but feel compassionate for a stranger. The author addresses social-justice and inhumane problems involving inequity and violence towards men, women, children, lesbians, gays, and homosexuals. By voicing their lives through her own words the reader can connect with the victim in a sympathetic matter and …show more content…
Throughout the article she voices her own emotions in a placid matter, like how she connects with the situations these people have experienced. Graff meaningfully uses pathos to persuade or connect with the reader that gender inequality should have a solution. Pathos is designed to invoke empathy from the reader and to make the reader understand the author's message in their argument. Graff is articluating to the reader that homosexulas are humans for they can choose any gender of their choosing and society should not judge them. “Our society has learned to see why women would want masculine privileges like playing soccer and serving on the Supreme Court, but there’s been no matching force expanding the world for males. Boys and men still patrol each other’s masculinity with a Glengarry Glen Ross level of ridicule and violence” (Graff 224). Graff displays her concerns and opinions involving gender privileges, for example how society has accepted women wanting to be masculine but not men trying to be feminine. Men are ridiculed for not trying to be masculine and society rejects them just for a label. Graff displays and hints her emotions when she is sharing all these people’s stories, she shows disgust, anguish, and disappointment towards people who are so ignorant at the definition of
Graff articulates how society views and acts towards homosexuals by utilizing historical literary references. Logos is found in most of her article hence many of the stories of these victims need factual background. One example of factual research is the case of Tyra Hunter, who was treated inhumanly and was discriminated by her gender. “In August 1995 Tyra Hunter’s car crashed in Washington DC. When firefighters paramedics cut away her dress and found male genitals, they laughed and mocked her. She bled to death in the hospital. In August 2000 a jury awarded Hunter’s mother $1.75 million in a wrongful-death action.” (Graff 224). The author could have easily just stated the victim's name and the situation but she went more in depth and evaluated the situation. By stating facts to what accordingly happened in this incident, this makes the author more credible to her argument which gender and sex should be rethinked by society. Graff went in depth so the reader could connect with her words and not only understand the situation but feel compassionate for a stranger. The author addresses social-justice and inhumane problems involving inequity and violence towards men, women, children, lesbians, gays, and homosexuals. By voicing their lives through her own words the reader can connect with the victim in a sympathetic matter and …show more content…
Throughout the article she voices her own emotions in a placid matter, like how she connects with the situations these people have experienced. Graff meaningfully uses pathos to persuade or connect with the reader that gender inequality should have a solution. Pathos is designed to invoke empathy from the reader and to make the reader understand the author's message in their argument. Graff is articluating to the reader that homosexulas are humans for they can choose any gender of their choosing and society should not judge them. “Our society has learned to see why women would want masculine privileges like playing soccer and serving on the Supreme Court, but there’s been no matching force expanding the world for males. Boys and men still patrol each other’s masculinity with a Glengarry Glen Ross level of ridicule and violence” (Graff 224). Graff displays her concerns and opinions involving gender privileges, for example how society has accepted women wanting to be masculine but not men trying to be feminine. Men are ridiculed for not trying to be masculine and society rejects them just for a label. Graff displays and hints her emotions when she is sharing all these people’s stories, she shows disgust, anguish, and disappointment towards people who are so ignorant at the definition of