Molly Quinton, Sexism in Sports (2016), argues that there is sexism in sports against women. The essay appeals to pathos because she uses her life examples to have other people relate to her, which uses emotion. Molly Quinton, argues this in order to get people to realize how much sexism there is in sports. She also argues this to get people to acknowledge this so they can stop discluding women and acknowledge that girls know things about sports, they can like what they want to. This essay is directed at the men who discourage women and don't understand that women can like and play sports too. Quinton uses metaphors for people to understand what sports meant to her and her family well she was growing up. She says “baseball is a religion at home” because baseball was a very big thing for her growing up. She grew up playing, keeping score of her brothers' little league games, and also went to games and watched baseball on tv. But all the time she was questioned if she knew what she was doing or asking her to name everyone etc only by men. Even though she grew up with baseball at the heart of her family. …show more content…
Quinton uses narration throughout her whole essay. Since she uses her own life stories to describe how much sexism there is in sports. When she was younger she grew up not only watching baseball but playing it and helping keep track of the games for her brother. “I’m the official scorekeeper for the game. It’s the guy in my lecture who sees my fantasy baseball league on my computer screen and scoffs. It’s the Little League coach who repeatedly questions my pitch count, and the guy at the gym who asks me to rattle off every team in the AL East when he sees my Red Sox hat.” Telling stories of how she always got judged or questioned if she knew anything able baseball or if she knew what she was