he issue of gender equality stirs up conversations every day from having a debate in school to dealing with it first hand in the work place. Many people don't believe that in 2017 there are any problems with equality and believe that both males and females get treated the same, truth is we don't. In Jennifer Delahunty Britz's, "To All the Girls I've Rejected", published in 2006, Britz argues how males have a better chance of getting accepted into college than females. Britz begins building her credibility with personal facts and her experience of working in the admissions office, revealing why they tend to judge applicants so harshly; she also adds emotional appeal, ethics and logic. Her tone throughout the essay is very trustworthy and convincing
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She then states "Had she been a male applicant, there would have been a little, if any, hesitation to admit.." Inferring that if this young woman was not female, but male, the admissions office would have not had a discussion with her admissions to attend their university and would have been admitted right away. Women were given the privilege to attend college, but by the way the admissions office works, it feels as if they are still fighting for that right. As the author states, "How's that for an unintended consequence of the women's liberation movement." Referencing back to when women fought to get education rights and now feeling as if they no longer have those rights by competing against a male and loosing even though their application might have been more outstanding. Here Britz gives us a statement on why men are chosen over women for admission. Trying to explain their reasons on how admissions work by using logic to persuade us to believe, and trust her …show more content…
Here she brings out her emotional appeal to the audience. She then proceeds to mention how many young, talented ladies who she could not admit hurt her and would hurt their parents when they find out that their outstanding daughter was either rejected or put on the waitlist offers. She then gives these young women a boost of confidence by reminding them that they are absolutely talented when she states "I admire the brilliant successes of our daughters" Leading with an apology to show her true emotions and letting applicants know that rejecting these ladies or having to add them on the waiting list are not her intensions, nor does she enjoy it.
Though Britz begins her article by being able to trust her, not by being an admissions officer, but by showing us her maternal side she also talks as a friend. She helps us understand the reasons behind the admissions office and why they run things the way they do by sharing her personal life. She is able to persuade her audience from beginning; from speaking about her daughters waitlisted letter, to working in the admissions office and ending with her
She then states "Had she been a male applicant, there would have been a little, if any, hesitation to admit.." Inferring that if this young woman was not female, but male, the admissions office would have not had a discussion with her admissions to attend their university and would have been admitted right away. Women were given the privilege to attend college, but by the way the admissions office works, it feels as if they are still fighting for that right. As the author states, "How's that for an unintended consequence of the women's liberation movement." Referencing back to when women fought to get education rights and now feeling as if they no longer have those rights by competing against a male and loosing even though their application might have been more outstanding. Here Britz gives us a statement on why men are chosen over women for admission. Trying to explain their reasons on how admissions work by using logic to persuade us to believe, and trust her …show more content…
Here she brings out her emotional appeal to the audience. She then proceeds to mention how many young, talented ladies who she could not admit hurt her and would hurt their parents when they find out that their outstanding daughter was either rejected or put on the waitlist offers. She then gives these young women a boost of confidence by reminding them that they are absolutely talented when she states "I admire the brilliant successes of our daughters" Leading with an apology to show her true emotions and letting applicants know that rejecting these ladies or having to add them on the waiting list are not her intensions, nor does she enjoy it.
Though Britz begins her article by being able to trust her, not by being an admissions officer, but by showing us her maternal side she also talks as a friend. She helps us understand the reasons behind the admissions office and why they run things the way they do by sharing her personal life. She is able to persuade her audience from beginning; from speaking about her daughters waitlisted letter, to working in the admissions office and ending with her