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Rhetorical Analysis Of Women's Rights Are Human Rights In China

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On September 5, 1995, Clinton gives her speech, “Women’s Rights are Human Rights,” in Beijing, China. In making this speech, Clinton is making her “remarks to the U.N. 4th World Conference on Women Plenary Session” previously held. Clinton hopes to gain the support of those who agree, or might even disagree, that women should not be stripped of their rights only because they are a woman. She believes that women deserve more rights because they are equal to men. Clinton was able to gain support of many with the reasons she gave about how women are no less than any other human.
While giving her speech, Clinton’s goal was to "draw attention to the experiences of hundreds and hundreds of millions of women around the world who were voiceless” (Elle). …show more content…

Clinton’s tone persuades the audience to take action that will benefit everyone. She proceeds to inform that “if we take bold steps to better the lives of women, we will be taking bold steps to better the lives of children and family too,” and this will result in stronger families and a stronger country as a whole. She also uses a tone that makes the audience feel sympathetic for women that correlates with her use of pathos. Stating that “we must recognize that women will never gain full dignity until their human rights are respected and protected,” makes the audience feel bad for women who don’t have an equal amount of rights. Clinton interchanges her encouraging and sympathetic tone to lead people to believe that women deserve as many rights as …show more content…

This makes others feel sympathetic which then leads to our country suffering as a whole. “Women who are raising children on the minimum wage, women who can’t afford health care or child care, women whose lives are threatened by violence, including violence in their own homes,” are all examples of how women suffer on the daily. All these struggles make the audience feel bad for women, which then leads them to want to help these problems. Besides daily struggle, being a woman can lead to extreme consequences, such as “watching their children succumb to malnutrition...forced into prostitution.” Clinton successfully convinces the audience that women go through tortuous activities on the

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