were created to entertain only the masculine audience. In order to stop the sexism that has been going around in the superhero comic book industry, Berlatsky uses the logos Aristotelian appeal to inform the comic book audience that girls have been a fan of comics since decades ago. He also managed in using the hyperbole and aphorism rhetorical strategies to show that boys see girls differently and don’t belong in this industry. As a matter of fact, Berlatsky uses aphorism in one of the first paragraphs…
“That’s just how it is”: Sexism in the Gaming Industry If you take a random poll to ask people who they believe is the chief consumer of video games, nine times out of ten you’ll get the same response- teenaged boys. When we think of gaming and gamers, we think of a gaggle of pimple-faced, adolescent boys eating Doritos and screaming at each other over kill shots on Halo or Gears of War. Despite this idea our culture seems have, the actual data claims something completely different. According…
The toy industry has always clashed with gender roles. The stereotypes found within these aisles are astounding. There is an abrupt shift between what is seen as the “boy” aisle and the “girl” aisle. Both showcase the expectations of what it means to identify as that gender. They show evidence of heteronormativity, sexism, racism, gender identity issues, and how it is all very much a marketing scheme. Although Target has transformed their store into something more gender neutral, they still split…