The article “Women Denounce Harassment in California’s Capital,” by Adam Nagourney and Jennifer Medina, appeals to both pathos and ethos by using personal accounts and stories of others.
The article appeals to ethos by giving stories of people who have either witnessed or experienced sexual assault or harassment. This appeals to ethos because it has credibility because all of these women have experienced this terrible thing. At one point it talks about an experience a woman in politics had where, “a male lawmaker…. once told her “that if I want to see my bills advance, there was one thing I could do to make that happen.” “Women Denounce Harassment in California’s Capital” also appeals to ethos by telling what is right and wrong and explaining that sexual assault is wrong. This article also appeals to pathos by using those same personal accounts to get people to feel moved to help change how this harassment is dealt with. It talks about how women were moved to come out and felt safer after these other women had come out about their experiences with Harvey Weinstein. The fact that these women did not feel safe to talk about their experiences earlier also appeals to pathos by showing people how these women felt not only during, but after their harassments. “Women Denounce Harassment in California’s Capital,” appeals to ethos and pathos by using personal accounts of each woman’s experience as well as by telling the stories of many other women that deal with this problem everyday. Medina, Adam Nagourney And Jennifer. “Women Denounce Harassment in California’s Capital.” The New York Times, The New York Times, 17 Oct. 2017, www.nytimes.com/2017/10/17/us/california-women-sexual-harassment-sacramento.html?rref=collection%2Fsectioncollection%2Fus&version=highlights&contentPlacement=1&module=ArrowsNav&contentCollection=U.S.&action=keypress®ion=FixedLeft&pgtype=article.
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