Women in Politics

Anne Wicks and Raylene Lang Dion have created a valid argument in favour of equalizing women and men's roles in the political sphere. To clarify their perspective in "Women in Politics:Still searching for an equal voice," they have implemented the use of logos as their main rhetorical strategy. With statistics like "21.7 percent of Canada's national legislatures are female, compared to Sweden at 47.3 percent, it is easy for us to see the imbalance. However, I think it is the use of pathos that sells this article to the reader. As a woman I find it outrageous that a male cabinet minister would introduce his female colleague by sexualizing a part of her body. What I find more abhorrent is that he got away with it. So while the numbers provided by Wicks and Dion do make me take notice, it is the examples of objectification that have impact. A commonly held belief is that logic appeals more to men and emotion appeals more to women.It makes me wonder if this article was written with that in mind.

Question: Do you think this article was written with an audience gender in mind? And do you think the information in it will affect men and women equally?