Dorothy Sayers states that men and woman are both born as human beings, created equally. Although we have different roles in society, we all have in common the fact that we are under the single category of being human. This is Sayer’s main point in her 1938 speech, “Are Women Human?”. Sayers is successful in conveying her message using historical evidence and extensive logic, but in spite of this, her use of pathos is excessive and detracts from her overall argument.
Sayers argues vehemently and with great passion that neither women or men are superior but especially that women need to be recognized as equal human beings when talking about both sexes. She is ultimately successful in this endeavor, making very logical arguments to try and explain …show more content…
One reference Sayers uses is to that of a woman’s desire for a higher education. She says, “At one time, for instance, men had a monopoly of classical education. When the pioneers of university training for women demanded that women should be admitted to the universities, the cry went up at once, ‘Why should women want to know about Aristotle?’” (319). Sayers uses this to reference a desire to learn to explain how some women wish for a higher education for only themselves, not to try to impress others or to copy men. Along with talking about how women want to learn, she goes on to explain how they desire for new occupations. Through the passage of time, many jobs were no longer kept as something done from home but became a business to be controlled by large industries. Sayers continues that many women have chosen to pursue their careers instead of deciding to live the norm of being a wife and mother. She goes on to explain the life choices of Queen Elizabeth. She points out that many historians believed Elizabeth to be flawed for choosing to rule her kingdom instead of marrying the man she loved and how she was not womanly due to her need to sign a warrant for the death of Mary Queen of Scots (323). Many men throughout time have chosen to follow their careers instead of becoming a husband or father, but when a woman does it, she
Sayers argues vehemently and with great passion that neither women or men are superior but especially that women need to be recognized as equal human beings when talking about both sexes. She is ultimately successful in this endeavor, making very logical arguments to try and explain …show more content…
One reference Sayers uses is to that of a woman’s desire for a higher education. She says, “At one time, for instance, men had a monopoly of classical education. When the pioneers of university training for women demanded that women should be admitted to the universities, the cry went up at once, ‘Why should women want to know about Aristotle?’” (319). Sayers uses this to reference a desire to learn to explain how some women wish for a higher education for only themselves, not to try to impress others or to copy men. Along with talking about how women want to learn, she goes on to explain how they desire for new occupations. Through the passage of time, many jobs were no longer kept as something done from home but became a business to be controlled by large industries. Sayers continues that many women have chosen to pursue their careers instead of deciding to live the norm of being a wife and mother. She goes on to explain the life choices of Queen Elizabeth. She points out that many historians believed Elizabeth to be flawed for choosing to rule her kingdom instead of marrying the man she loved and how she was not womanly due to her need to sign a warrant for the death of Mary Queen of Scots (323). Many men throughout time have chosen to follow their careers instead of becoming a husband or father, but when a woman does it, she