“How online sexual harassment towards women has spiraled out of control” was delivered by Ashley Judd, an American actress and political activist who could not stand to see women be harassed online any longer. After experiencing online sexual harassment for some time, she decided that something needed to be done about this issue. She and other activists created WMC Speech Project to make social media a safer place for women. The rhetorical principles can be observed in her lecture through her ethics, reasons, and emotions. Ethos focuses on credibility, characteristics, morals and ethics of the speaker. Judd uses ethos a lot in her lecture. Judd starts off her lecture with some of the comments, posts and tweets that people have posted about her on the internet. "Ashley Judd, you're the reason women shouldn't vote" (Judd, 2016). One night after …show more content…
receiving a phone call from her ex-husband telling her that what was happening to her was not okay, she started to spread awareness about this particular topic. “I started to write about sharing the fact that I0p9p[-'m a survivor of all forms of sexual abuse, including three rapes” (Judd, 2016). She is a strong woman who has experienced all types of sexual violence online and in-person. She could not stand seeing it happening to women any longer because she knew how it felt to be a victim. “I've tried to rise above it, I've tried to get in the trenches, but mostly I would scroll through these social media platforms with one eye partially closed, trying not to see it, but you can't make a cucumber out of a pickle. What is seen goes in. It's traumatic” (Judd, 2016). After her writing, "Forget Your Team: It Is Your Online Gender Violence Toward Girls And Women That Can Kiss My Righteous Ass" was published, she and other activists created a project called WMC Speech Project to create a safe environment for women on the internet. WMC Speech Project is a blog of Women’s Media Center to raise public awareness of the scope, toxic of online sexual harassment and resources to help victims. Logos focuses on logic, reasons, and data that support an argument that the speaker is trying to make. Judd uses logos a lot in her lecture. She uses her personal experiences, images, and facts to support her argument. She uses quite a bit of statistic data to appeal to logic. “In 2015, 72,828 women used intimate partner violence services in this country. That is not counting the girls and women and boys who needed them [violence services]” (Judd, 2016). She also provides screenshots of nasty tweets and comments that people sent to her online during her lecture. The way that she uses logos is what grabs the audience’s attention. Personal experiences powerfully support an argument because it forms a connection between the speaker and the audience. The images that she provides are very graphic but it gives the audience a real image of how bad online sexual violence can be and how much mental damage it can have on victims. Pathos is the use of emotions to pursuade the audience.
Judd uses pathos throughout her lecture. She mostly uses seriousness and anger but throws in a little bit of humor here and there to maintain the audience’s attention. “This one guy was musing to I don't know who that maybe, I was the definition of a cunt. I was married to a Scot for 14 years, so I said, Cunt means many different things in different countries but I'm pretty sure you epitomize the global standard of a dick” (Judd, 2016). The reason she uses anger is because this topic is a serious topic. Online sexual violence is overlooked and ignored because the bullies cannot be held accountable. Most people may be aware that it is happening but may not know how much damage it can have on the victims. She uses strong emotions to induce the audience’s belief. She starts off her lecture saying some of those nasty comments that people have said to her online with an intense emotion and graphic language that immediately grab the audience’s attention. She says those things with anger and that leads the audience to believe what she is about to say next is worth their
time. Overall, I thought that Judd’s use of rhetorical principles in her lecture was successful. Judd immediately gains the audience’s trust on the topic when she mentions that she has experienced it herself. The way that she uses her personal experiences more than facts to support her argument builds a connection between her and the audience. It gives the audience a very raw feeling that creates a pursuasive power. Lastly, the emotions that she gives throughout her lecture makes the audience feel that she is truly passionate about stopping online sexual harassment against women and that they should stand with her to end it.
Ethos is a category that appeals to connecting one thing to another to help advertise the product.Resse's uses this tactic by including the pretty well -known rapper Mr.lupo linking the fans of mr.lupo to the cereal.People who watch the commercial will recognize mr.lupo and will want to buy the cereal from the commercial he's in.Connecting the two products together gets out more publicity for and the said product.Ethos is efficient in the process of linking two different subjects so they benefit each other.
Ulrich had a well explanation for her slogan on "well-behaved women." She supports her slogan by bringing up certain women stereotypes that have been going on throughout history. She uses these stereotypes to explain how certain people view on women.
Women’s Brains deals with the abuse of scientific data in order to “prove” negative social analyses with prejudiced groups such as women, blacks, and poor people. Evolutionary biologist Stephen Gould points out the flaws in the scientific methods of various scientists and correctly asserts that many scientists incorrectly used anthropometric data to support social analyses that degrade prejudiced groups.
Pathos – I think it is quite easy to see how Carson uses pathos in her book. Half of the excerpt we received seems to be dedicated to this topic. The first chapter is charged with emotions and communal values as Carson builds a kind of utopian nature scene and then destroys it right before the reader’s eyes. I think this dramatization communicates the powerful message intended, but it does make me wonder how different the feeling of this chapter would be if she used a real world example. Perhaps the pathos would have been stronger because it would let the reader connect to real people and a concrete place. Perhaps the pathos would be weaker because it would not allow Carson to describe all the disastrous effects that she wanted to in such a vivid way. Perhaps the strength of this chapter depends on the reader’s preference.
Ethos is the act of proving one’s self (namely the author), reliable to the reader, and a credible writer to research and explain the topic
inspired. What makes ethos so prevalent in Ellen’s’ speech is that she is now a
One example of Ethos is “I started out just a mom-fighting for the life of her child. But along the way I learned how unfair America can be today, not just for people who have HIV, but for many,many people-poor people, gay people, people of color, children.” She shows to the audience that she understands the struggles of the aforementioned groups, because she has HIV. She understands just how unfair America can be to people who don’t fit in. She knows that she doesn’t seem like the best representative for the group of people she mentioned, but she wants the audience at the DNC to know that she has their best interests at heart. Mrs. Glaser wants the DNC audience to join her in the fight against AIDS. Glaser also uses Pathos in her speech. “Exactly four years ago, my daughter died of AIDS. She did not survive the Reagan Administration. I am here because my son and I may not survive four more years of leaders who say they care, but do nothing.” In this appeal Mrs. Glaser is appealing to her audience’s emotions, especially the emotions one feels when talking about their family like love and empathy. She mentions that her daughter has died because of this disease and that her son and herself are dying as well to show that this is a disease that can affect anyone and that it is crucial to work on cures or vaccinations to prevent others from suffering the way her family has. No mother or father
A short speech from a politician during the Civil Rights era is “For the Equal Rights Amendment”, delivered by Shirley Chisholm. In this speech, Chisholm uses ethos, pathos, and logos to argue her point of equal rights. An example of ethos that could be found in the speech is when Chisholm says “The Constitution they wrote was designed to protect the rights of white, male citizens. As there were no black Founding Fathers, there were no founding mothers -- a great pity, on both counts. It is not too late to complete the work they left undone. Today, here, we should start to do so.” This would serve as an example of ethos because Chisholm is showing creditably by mentioning why the Constitution was wrote. Additionally, she challenges what the
Ethos: A key element of ethos is the speaker credibility. Ethos is also created when the writer is an expert and/or the writer uses evidence from reliable source Autism speaks a non-profit organization is providing first responders training at the national level is an important step towards increasing the safety of the autism community, by ensuring that first responders have the tools they need to effectively responds to an an emergency involving a child with autism (Autism Speaks, 2017).
Ethos is the use of one’s title or background in order to speak on an issue that is presented. Hasselstrom is a female poet, essayist and writing teacher who is using experiences in order to debate the issue of carrying a weapon. Hasselstrom does not have the proper ethos in order to speak on this topic because she does not have any credentials that state she is qualified enough to speak on the issue of guns. The most experience Hasselstrom has with a weapon is the fact that she owns one, however she is lacks the credentials to give certifiable proof that other methods besides a gun is the only valid method that could prevent a physical altercation from occuring. In the excerpt, Hasselstrom stated that a pistol is the only way to shift the balance of power which then provided safety. She has no background on if that statement is true nor have any of the knowledge to justify the
The unsuccessful use of ethos makes the reader feel like the author’s piece is irrelevant to read. What’s going to make them believe this author has something to say that is actually worth listening to? It goes as far as the process it took for the author to make the article. Little things like the ones mentioned in this analysis: demographics of the subjects, interview styles and experience, which contribute to the process of making her article, could become big things when it comes to the author’s use of ethos, because it’s all about credibility. The process is where ethos is established for the most part and that’s where Anderson made most of her “little” mistakes.
Overall, Hillary Rodham Clinton gave a convincing speech on women’s rights at the U.N. World Conference by using the key rhetorical techniques ethos, pathos, logos, and anaphora’s. The use of these techniques helped the audience believe in the cause of which Clinton was speaking about, sympathize for situations females were being put through, and working to strive towards equal rights for everyone. Clinton used the same stance throughout her speech and raised her voice at points in her speech that needed
It is safe to say that the box next to the “boring, monotone, never-ending lecture” has been checked off more than once. Without the use of rhetorical strategies, the world would be left with nothing but boring, uniform literature. This would leave readers feeling the same way one does after a bad lecture. Rhetorical devices not only open one’s imagination but also allows a reader to dig deep into a piece and come out with a better understanding of the author’s intentions. Ursula K. Le Guin’s “The Wife’s Story” is about a family that is going through a tough spot. However, though diction, imagery, pathos, and foreshadowing Guin reveals a deep truth about this family that the reader does not see coming.
Hillary Clinton starts using rhetorical devices in her third paragraph to spring her ideas into motion and sparking interest in listeners. Using ethos helps others comprehend the struggle that Hillary and women all over have had to overcome obstacles that confront them. In the speech, pathos is used to get viewers and listeners to think about their own values, beliefs, and emotions. Pathos is used more heavily in the fourth paragraph. The fifth paragraph Hillary used pathos again and her words could have easily lit a bitter flame in feminists. “There are some who wonder whether the lives of women and girls matter to economic and political progress around the globe” Hillary argues. This statement says that in some countries women are still thought of as less than or not as important as any regular man. This device is used very wisely in Hillary’s speech at the beginning to already get readers
The World Wide Web and Internet are great places to study, work, or even play. But there is an ugly side of cyberspace. Cyberspace reflects the real world and some people tend to forget that. Cyberstalking and harassment are problems that a large number of people (especially women) are realizing. (Jenson, 1996, p.1)