In her essay “Where Have the Good Men Gone?” from the Wall Street Journal, Kay S. Hymowitz discusses the idea that “pre-adulthood” is a disease that is sweeping this nation allowing young adult men to sit back, play video games, and ride along in this limbo stage between adolescence and adulthood while women are out striving to have well-rounded careers and live their lives not defined by marriage or a family. Modified from its original version in Hymowitz’s book Manning Up: How the Rise of Women Has Turned Men into Boys, she uses statistics and pop culture references to back up her argument while still relating it to readers of all varieties. Her use of ethos, logos, and pathos in this essay solidify her argument, despite sometimes coming off as demeaning towards the male gender.
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Hymowitz is member of the conservative think tank, The Manhattan Institute. Her ideals seem progressive, advocating for the advancement of women in education and the workplace. She presents her argument well; and while she knows her facts and numbers on the subject and that helps fully construct her argument, part of her credibility falters because of her age. She is a middle age women writing an article criticizing young adult men. Her multiple pop culture anecdotes begin to seem forced as one continues to read further into the essay, multiple times her mentioning actor Seth Rogan and frat boy antics. The essay seems to address an audience of millennials while still being informative to the masses, but upon further analysis Hymowitz’s tone shifts from one of addressing a problem to one of scrutiny towards young men, closing the essay with the statements, “No one needs them anyway. There’s nothing they have to do. They might as well just have another beer” (494). This biasness causes Hymowitz’s ethos, or appeal to credibility, to severely
Hymowitz is member of the conservative think tank, The Manhattan Institute. Her ideals seem progressive, advocating for the advancement of women in education and the workplace. She presents her argument well; and while she knows her facts and numbers on the subject and that helps fully construct her argument, part of her credibility falters because of her age. She is a middle age women writing an article criticizing young adult men. Her multiple pop culture anecdotes begin to seem forced as one continues to read further into the essay, multiple times her mentioning actor Seth Rogan and frat boy antics. The essay seems to address an audience of millennials while still being informative to the masses, but upon further analysis Hymowitz’s tone shifts from one of addressing a problem to one of scrutiny towards young men, closing the essay with the statements, “No one needs them anyway. There’s nothing they have to do. They might as well just have another beer” (494). This biasness causes Hymowitz’s ethos, or appeal to credibility, to severely