The Inequality of equality “She shoots she scores” is not a phrase heard often and when it is said most of the time the team in question is composed of all females. For Viola Hastings in She’s The Man a very modern and well done adaptation of Shakespeare’s The Twelfth Night Viola was playing for the Men’s soccer team at Illyria High school. This now CO-ED athletic team made possible by the ever famous and largely talked about Title IX. Title IX most commonly known amongst college students as it is so widely advertised appealing to the pathos of people. Everyone knows not to end up in the Title IX office, however what is not so often thought when discussing Title IX is the gender equality in athletics. This Law creates a great discussion of
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Why would the male soccer coach of Cornwall not allow Viola to play just because of her gender, when she was equally if not more qualified. Throughout Viola and her coach’s argument he lacked all Logos. His argument was insensible and instantly shot down. The basis of Men are superior to women is no more thanks to this law. His lack of Logos created a question about his Ethos. Coaches are often looked up to, and admired, but with faulty and loose arguments any and all credibility is now lost. The whole situation created a slipper slope for the coach and really emphasized to the viewer that there is no logical reason to not allow the opposite gender to play as long the proper team or efforts to create one have been made. Not to mention the hasty generalizations made by him about a women’s abilities while playing …show more content…
Eventually her brother was going to return and she was going to have reveal who she was risking all she had worked for. There were plenty Pathos going around as Viola only wanted to play until she fell for one of her teammates, which creates the Logos argument against equality in sports. Is it acceptable to have men and woman playing together and in the same locker room “something is bound to happen”, once again a hasty generalization? Just like in the story “Why Are We Dressing our Daughters This Way” The notion of men or women always have bad intention in mind is really just a slippery slope of a Logos
Why would the male soccer coach of Cornwall not allow Viola to play just because of her gender, when she was equally if not more qualified. Throughout Viola and her coach’s argument he lacked all Logos. His argument was insensible and instantly shot down. The basis of Men are superior to women is no more thanks to this law. His lack of Logos created a question about his Ethos. Coaches are often looked up to, and admired, but with faulty and loose arguments any and all credibility is now lost. The whole situation created a slipper slope for the coach and really emphasized to the viewer that there is no logical reason to not allow the opposite gender to play as long the proper team or efforts to create one have been made. Not to mention the hasty generalizations made by him about a women’s abilities while playing …show more content…
Eventually her brother was going to return and she was going to have reveal who she was risking all she had worked for. There were plenty Pathos going around as Viola only wanted to play until she fell for one of her teammates, which creates the Logos argument against equality in sports. Is it acceptable to have men and woman playing together and in the same locker room “something is bound to happen”, once again a hasty generalization? Just like in the story “Why Are We Dressing our Daughters This Way” The notion of men or women always have bad intention in mind is really just a slippery slope of a Logos