In his article "
Why modest men get the brush-off women", Roger Dobson claims that men's modesty is considered unattractive in our contemporary culture. At first, he uses logos to appeal to his audience through listing hindering characteristics many suffer from, such as shyness and modesty, and claims they are the reasons many men are single today. To support his claims, he provides empirical evidence to prove his credibility. He cites a study from the The
Psychology of Men and Masculinity journal that proved his theory about meekness and modest to be too unpleasant and insecure for women. in addition, he cites Professor
Lauri Rudman who validates his theory by stating her findings about men encountering prejudice is perceived as modest. The two separate sources provide the reader a sense of legitimacy towards Dobson and his assertions.
Sameh Boulos.
I like the picture you chose for this post and your usage of linking to other sources was helpful. I think you did a good job establishing the ethos of the author. I agree that by citing a study from a journal proving his theory adds a lot of credibility on his part, as well as citing a professor who validates his theory. This makes him sound intelligible on the topic he is speaking about, and a sense of trust is formed.
ReplyDelete-Priyal Patel
I really liked how you used another rhetorical appeal (logos) to explain why this article is credible. I thought it was clever because the authors did not necessarily have to be credible themselves to present information that was supported by statistics. So, by presenting the information with facts and studies, they were able to establish some form of credibility.
ReplyDeleteAlso, there are a few grammatical errors throughout the post (ex: title), but other than that it was good.