INTRODUCTION The article taken from the Journal of Legal Issues and Cases in Business is entitled Gender inequality: Empowering Women, written by Cheryl Lynn Kelsey, an associate professor teaching Educational Administration at Texas A&M University - San Antonio. The target audience of this piece is working men and women, employers, employees and judges as this article is about gender equality in the workplace and the laws and court rulings that govern such actions particularly against women. The genre of the article was expository, mostly comparison and contrast as the author looked at how women were treated in contrast to men. However, there are elements of argumentative as the author is trying to make you believe in a certain point.
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It also had subtle underlying tones of argument. It is not the most prominent of tones as the writer sought to persuade rather than argue or fight over her stance on gender bias. The tone was also very serious and concerned with how women were subjected to lower wages and glass ceilings. The sentence construction was done to persuade the reader so that they will look at the women in their communities, in their workplace or even themselves and wonder if they were a victim of sexist discrimination. The sentences were constructed in an academic manner which flowed sequentially throughout the article. As there were no loaded words, it cannot be said that the writer influenced the reader emotionally. As a reader, I was convinced of this issue by the end of the article. The writer got her point across successfully and presented facts which helped to further cement my belief in her words. If you had no knowledge of this topic before reading this article the writer did an excellent job in capturing the interest of her readers with excellent presentation of the facts through statistics, anecdotes and …show more content…
However, like most classrooms it can be stressful. With these additional stresses of being aware of being consistently underpaid while having to support your family it can make the workplace an unpleasant place. Neither women nor men should have to experience gender or even racial bias in their work environment, especially when their active participation at work is vital to the company’s overall success.
CONCLUSION
The article was well written and fulfilled its purpose of highlighting gender bias in the workplace despite laws and regulations which serve to prevent those situations. There were a lot of facts and statistics from previous research and secondary sources to support the writer’s main idea. The techniques and language used was academic and served to help the article flow logically and sequentially. Overall, a well written piece which educated and informed the readers of its’
It also had subtle underlying tones of argument. It is not the most prominent of tones as the writer sought to persuade rather than argue or fight over her stance on gender bias. The tone was also very serious and concerned with how women were subjected to lower wages and glass ceilings. The sentence construction was done to persuade the reader so that they will look at the women in their communities, in their workplace or even themselves and wonder if they were a victim of sexist discrimination. The sentences were constructed in an academic manner which flowed sequentially throughout the article. As there were no loaded words, it cannot be said that the writer influenced the reader emotionally. As a reader, I was convinced of this issue by the end of the article. The writer got her point across successfully and presented facts which helped to further cement my belief in her words. If you had no knowledge of this topic before reading this article the writer did an excellent job in capturing the interest of her readers with excellent presentation of the facts through statistics, anecdotes and …show more content…
However, like most classrooms it can be stressful. With these additional stresses of being aware of being consistently underpaid while having to support your family it can make the workplace an unpleasant place. Neither women nor men should have to experience gender or even racial bias in their work environment, especially when their active participation at work is vital to the company’s overall success.
CONCLUSION
The article was well written and fulfilled its purpose of highlighting gender bias in the workplace despite laws and regulations which serve to prevent those situations. There were a lot of facts and statistics from previous research and secondary sources to support the writer’s main idea. The techniques and language used was academic and served to help the article flow logically and sequentially. Overall, a well written piece which educated and informed the readers of its’