Rhetorical Analysis Of We Should All Be Feminist By Adichie

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Adichie, with her “We Should All Be Feminists” Tedx Talk, persuades the audience that no matter what race, nationality or even age a person has, everyone should be a feminist. The main reason behind her argument is that feminism seeks equality in order to acquire a more just society. Moreover, Adichie describes how even women enforce patriarchal gender roles. She gives the example on how she gave money to a valet in a restaurant and he looked at her boy friend, who was accompanying her, and said “Thanks, sir,” as if the money was given by Adichie’s friend and not her. In this way, the speaker claims that this not only enforces gender roles, but also hurts boys when they are still developing their personalities and identities. Her main argument