In today’s podcast we will be taking a look at the article “What Are We Not Teaching Boys About Being Human” by Ruth Whippman and the rhetoric choices she makes. The entirety of the article encompasses toxic masculinity in young boys’ media. Whippman talks about this in both literature and entertainment sources. We will be diving in on her tone, attitude, evidence use, and her formatting; analyzing how Whippman uses these to convey her message to her audience. I will also briefly touch on her relevance to the topic, who is and does she have a right to have such a strong opinion on this? While I may not be explicitly stating my opinion on the matter, you are more than welcome to follow along and figure out if she was successful in her objective of making you care about young boys’ media impact. Does she make you want to write a book to fix the ‘oh so obvious’ problem? Are you concerned about boys and girls negatively being pressured by society? If it struck a chord in you, what are you going to do about this? If you’re interested in finding out how well Whippman executes her rhetorical choices and whether or not she would convince you of her point.
Work Cited
Whippman, Ruth. “ What We Are Not Teaching Boys About Being Human.” New York Times, New York Times Company, 6 Aug. 2021, nytimes.com/2021/08/06/opinion/boys-gender-books-culture.html. Accessed 13 Sept. 2021.