Comparison Of Roxanne Gay And Bad Feminist: Take One

In their respective essays, Purdue University’s Roxanne Gay and popular sociologist Aaron Devor, the difference is very clear. Gay’s “Bad Feminist: Take One” still relates to Devor’s “Becoming Members of Society: Learning the Social Meanings of Gender”, in their arguments about gender. The main difference is the way that the essays are presented. If you pay attention to the way they are presented, Gay uses more of a humorous approach and only uses interviews, real experiences, and quotes. Whereas Devor uses a scientific, strict approach to his ideas in his use of examples from studies and research. Does this take away from either essay’s credibility or weaken their input? Devor may have used real studies, but Gay wrote about her very own experiences
Gay may not use science like Devor, but real life experiences from her and other influential women gets her idea to a strength that is hard to deny, like the science used by Devor is used to influence his ideas. Gay uses her humor to reach the audience and it also keeps them interested in what she is saying. I will say that this is up to you whether or not you think Gay’s views are credible, but even with the science Devor uses it is also up to you to decide whether that is credible and what to believe. Like almost everything, unless you experience or test it yourself you are just guessing whether or not the information presented is credible. That is why even with Gay’s use of humor, she still uses strong sources like Sheryl Sandberg, from the very well-known Facebook, and Marissa Mayer, from the equally well-known Yahoo!, to have a greater impact on readers that she wouldn’t get if she just used smaller sources including herself. Devor may have been dry about it but that instills how serious and almost helps the credibility of the studies he uses. It is really your own view/perspective, but Gay’s use of personal narratives and credible sources make her humorous essay just as strong as Devor’s serious, dry