Women in politics

[mylittlefrog1218]

In the article, Wicks and Lang-Dion effectively argue that women in Canadian politics are still searching for an equal voice and they use 3 rhetorical strategies logos, ethos and pathos to reinforce their argument. In the first part of the article, the writers use logos to tell readers how people think of or judge a female politician. For instance, the writers use Hillary Clinton as an example and say "Hillary Clinton was losing the male vote because of her nagging tone of voice". The writers also mention that people focus on outside of the female politician but not their knowledge and wisdom. For example, in the paragraph 4, the writers state, "the Ottawa Citizen recently reported that a female Member of Parliament 'looked stunning in a black gown with a plunging neckline'". Next, the writers uses ethos as rhetorical strategy to support their point of view. The writers analyze the political system in Sweden and then effectively compare to Canadian's in order to tell readers Canadian political system need to be changed in order to give more opportunities to women. For example, the writers point out that "Sweden uses a list system of proportional representation (PR) to elect members of the Riksdag. Political parties nominate 9 candidates per district". However, "in Canada and the United States, elects one representative per district". Lastly, the writers use pathos to appeal to everyone to take action, such as "all political parties need to make the decision on how to increase women's representation, and all parties have to identify processes that work for them".

Question: How do you think a female politician?

Comments

[steambread]

Females also can be politicians. Sometimes, female politicians has some advantages males do not have.Electing females as politicians is good because our government also need voice from women.