Men_Vs._Women_-_Gender_Divison

Men Vs. Women - Gender Divison Male vs. Female: Gender Division Along with physical and emotional distinctions there are many gender characteristics that distinguish women from men. The most evident is the attitude women possess towards life’s encounters, experiences, and achievements. In Barbara Ehrenreich’s essay, “What I’ve Learned From Men,” she explains to her readers how in the prime of her life she discovers that maybe there are some useful things men do that may be of benefit to the modern day woman. Ehrenreich’s ability to captivate her female readers is through her use of the rhetorical triangle’s element ethos, yet her lack of logos makes her argument all but valid to her male audience. Ehrenreich’s dissertation undoubtedly possess ethos since she is a female who is depicting the essay through individual experiences with men in society. She gives an account of a personal encounter with a prestigious professor who lures her to a private conversation only to attempt to make sexual advances at her, “it emerged that he was interested in something more substantial than a meeting of minds. I was disgusted, but not enough to overcome 30-odd years of programming in ladylikeness” (250). She reveals how even her, a woman, readers, men, women, female, essay, even, ehrenreich, towards, male, makes, logos, ethos, through, modern, feel, explains, ehrenreich#8217s, audience, young, yet, work, success, statistics, something, since, should, say, same, role, professor, private, possess, portrays, opposed