Rhetorical Analysis Of No More Women's Rooms

On Slate’s online blog, Outward, Izzy Rode’s article titled No More Women’s Rooms: Why Bathrooms Should All Be Gender-Neutral has an ineffectively crafted argument for the audience due to the lack of argumentative strength because Rode does not commit to their opinion enough to convince the reader. Their argument could have been more powerful if they had argued against their rebuttal better; the opposing perspectives have almost more strength than their own. In order to appeal to their audience, Rode uses a series of rhetorical devices and appeals such as logos, ethos, and pathos to convey their argument.
Izzy Rode is a professional writer for Slate’s online blog, Outward. They have previously written multiple articles for Outward as well. They describe themself as androgynous and they face the same bathroom discomfort that they write about in the article. Their argument would be more effective if they had more authority to make their opinion more credible. Because they are merely an intern at Slate, their argument is diminished by the reduction in reliability. …show more content…
While Rode debunks the myth of sexual predators taking advantage of gender neutral restrooms in a later sentence, they do not make it an effective enough statement for the reader to believe that sexual assault has not and will not occur due to gender neutral restrooms in public spaces. This is problematic because hitherto this counterargument, Rode successfully appeals to the audience. The counterargument raises legitimate questions and fears, and unfortunately Rode does not alleviate these fears enough to lessen doubts about gender neutral restroom