Women Athletes Do Not Have Unfair Advantages Summary

A women’s work is never done, that is, in Katelyn’s eyes. In Katelyn Burns article, “No, Trans Women Athletes Do Not Have Unfair Advantages”, she wants to bring attention to transgender athletes. Her purpose of this article is to show how hard it is for trans genders to compete in sports because of an ‘unfair physical advantage’. Burns is building her credibility with personal facts and logic, stating very good knowledge about hormones in a trans women, and successfully employing emotional appeals; however, using pathos and logos throughout, her attempts to appeal the audience using emotion and logic help her credibility and ultimately, her argument. (Thesis) In her article, Burns first sets the stage by describing a specific scenario of a trans gender women in a marathon that is finishing in first place. Her

The trans gender women decreases in speed: “She knows she’s in front of all of the other female competitors and could easily kick to the finish line for the win, but instead her pace slackens” (para. 3, 2017). The image she evokes of the challenges a transgender woman has by either choosing to stay of the podium to stay away from the media, or winning and dealing with all the stress about how it is unfair. Her goal is to make the audience feel sympathy for her. Trying to compete with these women, knowing that you are going to be mocked in the end is a very SAD feeling. She appeals the mournful emotions of the audience by starting the article off talking about how “She intentionally slows down, knowing what would be waiting for her at