Week 1, Column 1 - "The War On Women"
SPEAKER - Written by Ross Douthat.
- Seems to stand for feminism (or at least is against misogyny)
OCCASION - Written due to Amanda's Hess's controversial Pacific Standard magazine essay "Why Women Aren't Welcome on the Internet"
AUDIENCE - All female victims (writers) of online abuse and all male online abusers
PURPOSE - To inform the reader of online abuse towards women and offer solutions
SUBJECT - The terrible amount of online abuse that female writers experience (more specifically from men)
TONE - Angry tone towards the men, sympathetic towards the women. (charged words)
Throughout his article, The War On Women, journalist Ross Douthat uses harsh wording to represent his opinion on men's online abuse towards women. Douthat explains anecdotes from Amanda Hess's article on the topic as ranging "from the offensive to the terrifying". He later goes on to say all of the anecdotes had a "thudding, soul-crushing sameness to them". He used descriptive words to show his realization of the severity of online abuse towards women. Douthat then gives suggestions on solving the problem. By using phrases like "needs to be answered" and "forging this vision", he successfully explains the urgency and need for change to the reader. Douthat ends the article by leaving the responsibility to change on men. By his use of the phrase "cleansing the Internet of the worst misogyny", Douthat implies two opinions: 1) male online abuse is "dirtying" the web (therefore it is negatives and in need of "cleansing") and 2) that the male abuse is not only misogynistic, but the worst kind of misogyny! Without using first person more than once, Douthat gives the reader a clear understanding of where he stands on the topic of online abuse towards women.
LINK: http://www.nytimes.com/2014/01/12/opinion/sunday/douthat-the-war-on-women.html?ref=rossdouthat&_r=0
- Seems to stand for feminism (or at least is against misogyny)
OCCASION - Written due to Amanda's Hess's controversial Pacific Standard magazine essay "Why Women Aren't Welcome on the Internet"
AUDIENCE - All female victims (writers) of online abuse and all male online abusers
PURPOSE - To inform the reader of online abuse towards women and offer solutions
SUBJECT - The terrible amount of online abuse that female writers experience (more specifically from men)
TONE - Angry tone towards the men, sympathetic towards the women. (charged words)
Throughout his article, The War On Women, journalist Ross Douthat uses harsh wording to represent his opinion on men's online abuse towards women. Douthat explains anecdotes from Amanda Hess's article on the topic as ranging "from the offensive to the terrifying". He later goes on to say all of the anecdotes had a "thudding, soul-crushing sameness to them". He used descriptive words to show his realization of the severity of online abuse towards women. Douthat then gives suggestions on solving the problem. By using phrases like "needs to be answered" and "forging this vision", he successfully explains the urgency and need for change to the reader. Douthat ends the article by leaving the responsibility to change on men. By his use of the phrase "cleansing the Internet of the worst misogyny", Douthat implies two opinions: 1) male online abuse is "dirtying" the web (therefore it is negatives and in need of "cleansing") and 2) that the male abuse is not only misogynistic, but the worst kind of misogyny! Without using first person more than once, Douthat gives the reader a clear understanding of where he stands on the topic of online abuse towards women.
LINK: http://www.nytimes.com/2014/01/12/opinion/sunday/douthat-the-war-on-women.html?ref=rossdouthat&_r=0