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In the article Gender Discrimination and Women’s Development in India, Sivakumar, Marimuthu seeks to establish an argument about the plight of women in this nation. Precisely, he uses a rather convincing way to establish his primary argument; women are discriminated against in India in several fields. The primary audience for this information are educated adults interested in global gender discrimination. Specifically, the delivery methods utilized in this research are rather open and easy to comprehend for anyone who lacks prior knowledge of the distribution of resources within the nation based on gender. He commences the article by giving an overview of the population distribution in the nation. He mentions that women amount to nearly fifty percent of the national population (Sivakumar 4). The mention of this statistics forms a basis for his primary argument. This paper evaluates the author’s rationale in the presentation of this analysis. It appraises the message behind this study, the rhetorical appeals used and the significance of the methods used in conveying the overall argument.
He uses a variety of rhetorical appeals to enhance the strength of his arguments. Specifically, he utilizes pathos to evoke emotion in the reader thereby coaxing them into forming an imagery of the situation in the nation. He makes the women seem vulnerable to the masculine dominated society. He argues, “a woman continues to bear the major load of the housework. Her primary role is often viewed by the society as a housewife” (Sivakumar 12). Through this claim, he reveals the roles associated with women as cumbersome. The audience is coaxed to believe that the society is against women’s welfare. As such, one is justified to claim that he uses emotion to coax one’s belief on the situation women are subjected to in the Indian society.
Additionally, he uses logos to establish rationales for his arguments. He mentions the causes of gender discrimination within the society and he proposes an appropriate solution to overcome the problems he mentions in the overall discussion. Specifically, he rationalizes his claim to enhance the reader’s understanding. This approach is significant as it allows the audience to ascertain their conclusions about the situation women are subjected to.
Overall, the author presents the information in a pleasant way to foster easier comprehension among the readers. His tone and word choice coaxes the reader into internalizing the argument presented. Specifically, his convincing tone leads one into believing that the situation is the nation needs urgent attention, as it seems out of hand. For instance, he uses a convincing tone to describe how women in the society are deprived of their rights to education and instead young girls are married off at an early age. He organizes the entire research into development sections that build on preceding ideas. He commences the paper by informing the reader of the even population distribution in the country. Progressively, he develops on the idea before introducing other arguments to the paper. Through this claim, one would expect the distribution of resources to be in accordance with the population distribution. However, this is not the case as he later reveals in the body of the paper. Generally, his word choice and overall build is very appealing and commendable.
Works Cited
Sivakumar, Marimuthu. "Gender Discrimination And Women’S Development In India". Munich Personal RePEc Archive 1091.1 (2016): 3-29. Print.
