Sugar Spice And Everything Nice Rhetorical Analysis

Sugar, Spice, and Everything Nice Have you ever heard that women all around the world are presumed to be made of “sugar, spice, and everything nice”? Or what about the concept of every single woman having to pain their nails every week or so. Well, Elinor Burkett, a journalist, says that these statements are all completely incorrect. She clarifies her statement by saying, “Nail Polish does not make a woman.” Wow, she couldn’t have said it better, and I absolutely agree, I am a woman, and my nails are not painted. But whatever, enough about women’s nails, let’s dig really deep in order to understand her view. Caitlyn Jenner, a woman (if it’s what we should call him/her) that is mentioned numerous times in Burkett’s article is the one being …show more content…
Burkett used all the rhetorical appeals it takes to have a good article, let’s start off with ethos. Ethos in this case was a piece of cake since this article is about women written by a woman’s perspective. She gets to really throw herself out there and share her story by also explaining how Ms. Jenner and other transgenders don’t go through. My favorite place, in which we find ethos, is when she proves that some transgender’s identity, including Ms. Jenner, is way different from hers along with other women. “Their truth is not my truth... They haven’t had to cope with the onset of their periods in the middle of a crowded subway...” Ms. Burkett uses ethos by giving some life examples she has to deal with every day, or in this case, monthly. Transgenders don’t have vaginas, therefore they don’t have periods. She also uses many speakers such as Gina Rippon, a neuroscientist at Britain’s Aston University, President Obama, and, many other significant and believable people. Pathos can also be found in this article plenty of times, the writer uses much of pathos to show her reactions and feelings towards people’s words, and actions. One of the examples shown is when she mentions, “They haven’t had to cope with... the fear of being too weak to ward off rapists.” She implies that many women suffer from men abusing them and that Ms. Jenner, along with many other transgenders, haven’t. They don’t really know the meaning of being a woman, which makes sense because they haven’t …show more content…
However, appeals must work together to achieve this goal, and this article is an example of just that. Ms. Burkett knows her goal and she knows exactly how to get there. She nicely states her argument without being straight forward and held back at the same time, and most importantly she proves her point and puts true and polished evidence to the table. A great example in the article where all three rhetorical appeals are connected is when she writes “They haven’t suffered through business meetings with men talking to their breasts...” This sentence is trying to portray that women in the business, especially really important corporations, aren’t appreciated, respected, and taken serious. It’s noticed by this sentence having her as the form of ethos, because she has is a woman and has gone through that. She shows a great form of pathos by her changing her tone and emphasizing on the word suffered. This goes back to when we were talking about paychecks and the amount of money women and men bring home, it’s not fair to feel neglected and denied form trying to gain a career and a living. Finally, this sentence shows logos, logos is shown by again, implying that women in the business are not appreciated/ accepted and that women don’t get the credit