“11.2% of all students experience rape or sexual assault through physical force, violence, or incapacitation(¨Campus¨).” This is an issue at all college campuses and finding a solution to it is difficult. Betsy DeVos feels very strongly about how sexual assaults on college campuses are “...lasting, profound, and lamentable (Svrluga).” She is seeking engagement from the audience and trying to find a way to end this. Her audience is college students and professors. Furthermore, the problem is presented to the audience through her serious yet cautious tone. Betsy DeVos discusses this issue to the George Mason University. On September 7th 2017, Betsy DeVos gave a speech about campus sexual assault. She persuaded the audience that this topic is
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After telling a factual story to show the audience that our country and direction we are going is wrong, she repeats the phrase “This is the current reality (Svrluga).” It is straightforward and very direct. It allows the audience to get uncomfortable, so they will lean in and listen more. She is saying that the current reality is not how it should be, and there needs to be change. It was important then because our reality is twisted and sinful. Moreover, the argument is significant today because rape on college campus is a sinful, evil, and harsh thing that needs to stop. We should care because students should want to feel …show more content…
When she stands firm on this topic she gets serious with the audience and looks around at everyone. Betsy believes the system right now is not trustworthy, so she adds, “No one benefits from a system that does not have the public’s trust (Svrluga)...” She implies ways to get a fair system and solutions on how to take action. For example, by getting the public's opinions and using our technology we have at our hands to find a way to have a fair system. She says it by including everyone in the discussion and constantly moving her eyes to different college students in the room. College sexual assaults were important then because they needed a fair system that will benefit people and help everyone. This argument is revealing today because those ways to get help and ideas have worked. For example, social media has helped with the public feedback. The public gives their opinion no matter what the subject is. Using peers opinions have helped find new ways to get solutions for a trustworthy system. Betsy Devos’ body language helped her speech persuade her audience and made every student more interested in the
After telling a factual story to show the audience that our country and direction we are going is wrong, she repeats the phrase “This is the current reality (Svrluga).” It is straightforward and very direct. It allows the audience to get uncomfortable, so they will lean in and listen more. She is saying that the current reality is not how it should be, and there needs to be change. It was important then because our reality is twisted and sinful. Moreover, the argument is significant today because rape on college campus is a sinful, evil, and harsh thing that needs to stop. We should care because students should want to feel …show more content…
When she stands firm on this topic she gets serious with the audience and looks around at everyone. Betsy believes the system right now is not trustworthy, so she adds, “No one benefits from a system that does not have the public’s trust (Svrluga)...” She implies ways to get a fair system and solutions on how to take action. For example, by getting the public's opinions and using our technology we have at our hands to find a way to have a fair system. She says it by including everyone in the discussion and constantly moving her eyes to different college students in the room. College sexual assaults were important then because they needed a fair system that will benefit people and help everyone. This argument is revealing today because those ways to get help and ideas have worked. For example, social media has helped with the public feedback. The public gives their opinion no matter what the subject is. Using peers opinions have helped find new ways to get solutions for a trustworthy system. Betsy Devos’ body language helped her speech persuade her audience and made every student more interested in the