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Rhetorical Analysis Of Why Women Can T Have It All By Anne Marie Slaughter

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In the article “Why Women can’t have it all” Anne- Marie slaughter describes the hardships of women in high powered positions that they face when trying to balance work and raising children. Slaughter also give her insight on what needs to be done in the work force and society for all working women to have equality. In Slaughter argument she lacks to support her stance with logos appeal; however, Slaughter demonstrate strong examples of pathos and ethos appeal. In the article Slaughter relies more on persuading her readers with emotions then with experts and statistics. Slaughter does provides us with personal views and other views of privilege people in high powered positions but, not one expert. The only view of logos I have realized is when …show more content…

Slaughter audience are high powered women with children who are also struggling with work/family. Slaughter starts off talks about how she attended an event that president Obama was hosting and could not stop thinking about her 14 year old son who was having problems in school. By doing this it helps her audience relate to Slaughter. Slaughter audience can think “I do the same thing.” It also brings in the emotion of sympathy knowing the need to be there for her son. Slaughter also has a very good example of pathos when addressing her stance for the need to have a flexible schedule in order to have work and family balance. Slaughter supports her stance by giving a sample of her schedule of the two years in Washington. Slaughter schedule entitled her waking up at 4:20 am on Monday’s and working throughout the week till late Fridays. Then going home and trying to cram in her kid’s conference, practices, and events in that two day weekend. Slaughters intense schedule support her stance by showing the audience that there is not a lot of room for her to be with her family at all. Which in turn encourages the emotion of exhausted by slaughter intense schedule. Also the audience have a sense of understanding. Slaughter readers may think that they also have also a strict schedule and do not have much time to be with their

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