Bossy Woman Rhetorical Analysis

Rhetorical Essay: The Struggle Of Being A “Bossy” Woman Deborah Tannen brings up the issue of how women are often labeled bossy when is positions of authority in her article. ““Bossy” Is More Than a Word to Women”. She explains the everyday struggle that these women go through and the on going patriarchy in the work force. From their diction down to minute ways that women present themselves it seems that they are scrutinized in every way possible. Deborah faces these issues head on with a woman’s perspective allowing those unaware and men a small glimpse into the difficult life of women everywhere. She falls a little short on some of her theories for why this may be because of the lack of research. Besides that it is a very passionate and informative article because these issues continue to happen, whether or not she is correct about the source of these issues. Deborah makes sure to have her points come across clearly by using buzz words, writing with a passionate tone, and falls short with some of her theories by having insignificant research.

The title of her article uses one immediately, that word being “Bossy”. This creates a simple yet effective title that allows you recall instantaneously what the article and issue was about in a few simple words. In addition to the big b of “Bossy” she also makes sure to reference big name celebrities. Deborah says “What does Hillary Clinton, and Sheryl Sandberg share with innumerable other prominent women?” (Tannen 1) to call out many recognizable women to all readers. What this does for the legitimacy of the article is stretch the problem not just to your celebrities, but it also greatly impacts the everyday woman. These buzzwords throughout the article are great focus points that allows the reader to go back and quickly remember important