Rhetorical Analysis Of Women's Rights By Hillary Clinton

The notable speech Women Rights are Human Rights” was recited on September of 1995, at the fourth world conference on women in China, by the famous Hillary Clinton that supported and argued women were entitled to rights and equality in their countries. Hillary Clinton's speech was a rhetorical argument that supported women through the use of pathos, logos, repetition, and a strong tone to indicate her passion. Hillary Clinton gave this speech at the forth world conference to persuade the people, men, that women needed to be acknowledged, and given rights in order to have a strong, successful society. In the introduction of the speech I noticed that Hillary Clinton had a strong tone that emphasized her passion to recognize the importance of women rights and equality. Hilton stated “... We are focusing world attention on issues that matter the most in our lives-- the lives of women....” Her tone …show more content…
I can notice her use of pathos through the majority of the speech when stating women suffer injustice treatments yet still strive to fulfill their womanly duties. She emphasized the hard work of women around the world and how they all are common in various ways aside from the vast distance In countries. Through her use of pathos I felt that she wanted the audience to feel guilty of diminishing and not considering women right because aside from limited equality, women still are hard workers and fight for their families. Clinton used logos to illustrate “ Women compromised more than half of the world population, 70 % of the worlds poor, and two thirds of those who are not taught to read and write.” In this small excerpt I, as well as the audience is able to see how women are valued less and do not have the same opportunities because if they were valued there wouldn't be so many homeless and uneducated women. Clinton also stated that even in the 20th century women rights are still being