Rhetorical Analysis Of When Women Win So Do Men

An Analysis: Is Kristof Right about Women Benefitting Men? On August 2, 2016, Nicholas Kristof published in the Indiana Gazette the piece “Commentary: When Women Win, so do Men”. The main point of Kristof’s piece is that when women make milestones, it doesn’t mean men lose. He uses several examples that fit into the argumentative technique categories of Ethos, Pathos, and Logos. He uses them in a successful way to make his argument valid and to persuade the reader to think in a certain way. Kristof begins by bringing up the main question in his article: Do men also benefit from women winning? He brings in about five examples to help solidify his case. They’re about a woman who was around before women could vote, Women voting for health reforms, more women in the police department, women in the work place, and women in the early stages of secondary education. Kristof wants to get his thesis across that when women break ‘glass ceilings’, men don’t have to worry about “(Giving) up grunting and football games for putting down the toilet seats and talking about (their) feelings.” (¶ 2) When Kristof makes his points, he gives many examples and well-known sources to back them up.
I liked the fact that he did give so many examples of women doing awesome things, but they all mostly took place a while ago, or he didn’t go too in-depth with the details. His use of Clinton is recent, but he doesn’t touch too heavily on her either, he focuses on Emmett. Some older stories were about the women voters for health care and the women at Princeton. While these are solid examples, they happened long ago and it almost seems like women haven’t done anything good in the past couple years. To make this piece better he should add in some examples from the past five years. Kristof should think about adding in some charitable work or some extraordinary examples that involve women