Here Are The Big Ones By Ryan T. Anderson: Article Analysis

In the article Gender Transgender Ideology Is Riddled With Contradictions. Here Are the Big Ones. by Ryan T. Anderson the rhetorical situation is the author is giving his opinion on flaws within transgender people arguments. Ryan T. Anderson is an American philosopher and writer who is openly against same sex marriage and argues that point in some of his other writings. This was the opportune time for this text to be written because people in american society started to disagree on what gender and gender identity truly is. The topic of this text is gender identity and the context necessary to understand the article is what LGBTQ+ and supporters think and gender. The text was created to voice the author’s opinions to an audience of people that

He feels as though he needs to point out the errors in their ideologies because he disagrees with their cause. “At the core of the ideology is the radical claim that feelings determine reality. From this idea come extreme demands for society to play along with subjective reality claims” (Anderson, 63). He believes that those who disagree with the LGBTQ+ claims shouldn’t be ashamed if they don't reinforce their demands. “The thinking of transgender activists is inherently confused and filled with internal contradictions. Activists never acknowledge those contradictions. Instead, they opportunistically rely on whichever claim is useful at any given moment” (Anderson, 34). He is not only creating this writing because he disagrees with the opposition's opinions but because they don't recognize and address their own contradictions making their beliefs confusing. The definition of gender the author would most likely agree with is that gender should directly correlate to sex that was determined before and during birth essentially only male and

Which makes the audience question the substantiality of Adkins' claim. ““Addressing the same court, Adkins asserted that “evidence strongly suggests that gender identity is innate or fixed at a young age and that gender identity has a strong biological basis.” (At no point in her expert declaration did she cite any sources for any of her claims.)” (Anderson, 33). Without proper citation Adkins’ credibility becomes even more questionable. These are a few instances on how the author demonstrates ethos. By making Adkins' credibility become questionable it makes his credibility appear more