girls and boys will be watched a young nephew of mine sit enthralled in front boys. “I’ve of construction videos that show lots of D-9’s, loaders, and backhoes; his sister front-end would rather take a nap than watch that I have to agree with video” (Norman 22). Norman, that influence and reinforcement of gender roles comes from the toys children play with. Norman share facts outside of his personal experience, this on didn’t “I base nothing more scientific than my own experience” (23). As discussed in chapter 4 in Reading Rhetorically, I would have to say both facts, statistics, personal experience, and expert testimony offered support on author’s their views of gender roles (Bean 74). Of course article supported his claim in Kimmel’s more detail. The diction (an umbrella term referring to speakers and writers expression of words) of article was a little more inviting than article, which leads Norman’s Kimmel’s to another approach discussed in Reading Rhetorically. is a belief system-a “Ideology, coherent set of values and concepts through which we interpret the (Bean, 78). world” Our perspectives are generally shaped by our family backgrounds, religion, personal experience, race, class, gender, and sexual orientation. In conclusion, analyzing these two articles between research of cultural Kimmel’s differentiation and biological differentiation between the sexes, it is clear that Norman’s gender roles vary. Kimmel and Mead argue that different cultures impose different expectations upon the women and men who share that culture. While Norman argues that differences between girls and boys is relatively biological and observational. Both sides had valid points but like I discussed previously was a lot stronger. Kimmel’s argument According to Reading Rhetorically, we want to believe the authors and in order to do this it is important to examine the use of evidence. Kimmel clearly supported his author’s
girls and boys will be boys. “I’ve watched a young nephew of mine sit enthralled in front of construction videos that show lots of D-9’s, front-end loaders, and backhoes; his sister would rather take a nap than watch that video” (Norman 22). I have to agree with Norman, that influence and reinforcement of gender roles comes from the toys children play with. Norman didn’t share facts outside of his personal experience, “I base this on nothing more scientific than my own experience” (23). As discussed in chapter 4 in Reading Rhetorically, I would have to say both author’s facts, statistics, personal experience, and expert testimony offered support on their views of gender roles (Bean 74). Of course Kimmel’s article supported his claim in more detail. The diction (an umbrella term referring to speakers and writers expression of words) of Norman’s article was a little more inviting than Kimmel’s article, which leads to another approach discussed in Reading Rhetorically. “Ideology, is a belief system-a coherent set of values and concepts through which we interpret the world” (Bean, 78). Our perspectives are generally shaped by our family backgrounds, religion, personal experience, race, class, gender, and sexual orientation. In conclusion, analyzing these two articles between Kimmel’s research of cultural differentiation and Norman’s biological differentiation between the sexes, it is clear that gender roles vary. Kimmel and Mead argue that different cultures impose different expectations upon the women and men who share that culture. While Norman argues that differences between girls and boys is relatively biological and observational. Both sides had valid points but like I discussed previously Kimmel’s argument was a lot stronger. According to Reading Rhetorically, we want to believe the authors and in order to do this it is important to examine the author’s use of evidence. Kimmel clearly supported his
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