Sexist Vitriol Summary
Krista Kafer and Her Attempt to Discuss Sexist Vitriol
Women everywhere would probably band together in support for Krista Kafer. Kafer’s article “Women in Public Eye Face a Rising Tide of Sexist Vitriol,” is arguing that sexist vitriol is increasing in attempt to diminish women in the pubic eye. An article on such a topic would get an applause for being right on the nose. However, if you were to take the time to examine her article, you’ll realize it’s adequate at best. Kafer failed to make a strong article.
To begin, Kafer failed to reach the correct audience. A women or a feminist could understand the information with ease. However, this is a moot point as they are already aware of sexism. Every women has at least witnessed an act of sexist …show more content…
She begins by discussing the presidential candidates, which is understandable due to their popularity at the moment. Then, halfway through the article she completely abandoned the topic of gender-based insults to identity-based insults. If the article was written in reverse with identity-based insults as the primary topic and then divided into a sub-topic of gender-based insults this would be acceptable. However, it’s not. It was an awkwardly placed paragraph that consisted of three sentences, only two of them barely explained identity-based insults before leaping back to gender. This paragraph is confusing and unnecessary to the whole of the article. Kafer should’ve left it out during …show more content…
Despite what was mentioned above, she did provide facts and reassured the audience that other women does suffer sexist vitriol. One could feel her passion and vigor on the topic to the point one would get blinded by the fact there’s no solid purpose. The entire article is just filled with examples of sexist vitriol. The first paragraph is her personal example. The second was her thesis. The next three are about Clinton and how Kafer is against the use of vitriol to diminish her. Following that she brought up identity-based insults. Then the next paragraphs focus on different women and their experience with sexist
Women everywhere would probably band together in support for Krista Kafer. Kafer’s article “Women in Public Eye Face a Rising Tide of Sexist Vitriol,” is arguing that sexist vitriol is increasing in attempt to diminish women in the pubic eye. An article on such a topic would get an applause for being right on the nose. However, if you were to take the time to examine her article, you’ll realize it’s adequate at best. Kafer failed to make a strong article.
To begin, Kafer failed to reach the correct audience. A women or a feminist could understand the information with ease. However, this is a moot point as they are already aware of sexism. Every women has at least witnessed an act of sexist …show more content…
She begins by discussing the presidential candidates, which is understandable due to their popularity at the moment. Then, halfway through the article she completely abandoned the topic of gender-based insults to identity-based insults. If the article was written in reverse with identity-based insults as the primary topic and then divided into a sub-topic of gender-based insults this would be acceptable. However, it’s not. It was an awkwardly placed paragraph that consisted of three sentences, only two of them barely explained identity-based insults before leaping back to gender. This paragraph is confusing and unnecessary to the whole of the article. Kafer should’ve left it out during …show more content…
Despite what was mentioned above, she did provide facts and reassured the audience that other women does suffer sexist vitriol. One could feel her passion and vigor on the topic to the point one would get blinded by the fact there’s no solid purpose. The entire article is just filled with examples of sexist vitriol. The first paragraph is her personal example. The second was her thesis. The next three are about Clinton and how Kafer is against the use of vitriol to diminish her. Following that she brought up identity-based insults. Then the next paragraphs focus on different women and their experience with sexist