Close Rhetorical Analysis of “Gender, Class, and Terrorism” Michael Kimmel reaches for a new interpretation on the underlying cause of terrorism in today’s society in his essay “Gender, Class, and Terrorism”. In his essay he enlightens the reader on how he believes that the emasculation of men in today’s society is the underlying cause of terrorism. Though Kimmel’s ethos may be lacking, he brings the reader through his logical processing on how gender equality may actually the true cause for the rise in terrorism. In his essay, Kimmel essay discusses terrorist of the likes of Mohammed Atta and Timothy McVeigh. He discusses McVeigh’s story by citing how he was involved in many white supremacist gangs and how those gangs sole purpose is to reinstate supremacy of the white male in society. Kimmel discusses Atta by revealing to the reader on how he was credited for not only being the pilot of the first plane to hit the World Trade Center, but also masterminding the entire operation on September 11th. Atta was a disappointment to his father because he, unlike his two sisters, he became an engineer instead of a doctor. In Atta’s society, …show more content…
His creditability took another plunge when he questioned the sexuality of multiple terrorist and used his allegations to link homosexuality to terrorism. “Do revelations about Hitler's or Atta's possible gay propensities raise troubling connections between homosexuality and mass murder?” (Kimmel). Kimmel’s statements seemed as though homosexuality causes men to partake in murder. Other than that section, Kimmel’s logos flowed well throughout the paper. He took the reader through his thought processes and explained how terrorists of the likes of Atta and McVeigh occurred through emasculation. In Atta’s case, especially, Kimmel portrays how Atta’s life is shadowed by that of his sisters, inevitably causing him to unite with terrorist