Gender Gap in Cyberspace
Cyberspace as a frontier is open to all comers, but currently the majority of explorers and accomplished users appear to be mostly white males. Deborah Tannen, in her article "Gender Gap in Cyberspace," discusses some of her experiences and conclusions regarding this difference in usage of computers by males and females.(The full name of the author and of the article need to appear in the first couple of sentences. . .) She sums up her main point (main claim)when she asserts, "Men want to force computers to submit. Women just want computers to work" (141). (Claim is locked to a concrete piece of text to help show how the analyst is working. . .)This claim of fact is blunt and simplistic but works very well to attract the attention of her audience.(Names the claim and transistions in to the next paragraph about audience.)
Some of the readers drawn to Tannen's work may be the very technophiles who serve as subjects, sociologists interested in any observations of gender influenced behaviors, teachers exploring how female students grasp technology differently than male students, or general computer users who are considering networking to cyberspace.(Sounds good and is complete regarding audience, but may be a bit long.) This specific article was published in a reader entirely made up of computer related material and written for use by first year college composition students. (Helps deepen the discussion of audience, but isn't terribly pertinent, might be cut later depending on length.)This purpose influences the argumentative style of heavy reliance on personal examples most readers can relate to and also the general language choices: easy to understand vocabulary, uncomplicated syntax, and conversationa...
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...t is a full time job to be a good dad," and all listeners can hear his enthusiasm for taking on this role. At the end of the song, when he urges the child to "hold my hand, hold my hand," Stevie Wonder echoes in the background, "Whenever you need me, I’ll be there," and Smith ends the song with a final word, "for the rest of your life." Clearly Smith argues that fatherhood is a rewarding challenge that cannot be entered into lightly. Yet at no point does he shame listeners into being the kind of father he respects. Instead, he leads by providing easily understood words of guidance that offend no one and teach many. His evident joy in fatherhood is pleasantly inspiring. Overall, Smith’s smooth, conversational rap of "Just the Two of Us" is a successful rhetorical presentation encouraging fathers to be consistently loving and fully present in the lives of their sons.
...just between us hint at it’s a boy but does not say so. The song lets everyone know it’s hard to be a dad “when I thought my patience had been tested to the end I took my daddy’s secret and I passed it on to him”. I agree with the stereotype of this song it is hard to be a dad. There is an old saying any man can be a Father but it takes someone special to be a dad. I think the song seek to enforce the role of the family and of being a dad. Telling you it’s hard and your patience to be a dad, but it’s worth it. I think this social norm needs to be reinforced there is too many father out there and not enough dad.
Trinity College. Jack Dougherty, 2 May 2012. Web. 20 Oct. 2013. “Gender.”
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