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Rhetorical Analysis Of Women's Rights Are Human Rights

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Hillary Clinton presented a speech, “Women’s Rights Are Human Rights”, on September 5, 1995 at the 4th World Conference for Women in Beijing, China. This is a conference that comes together every five years. Pathos Clinton starts out by saying, “If women are free from violence….. Have a chance to work and earn as full and equal partners in society, their families will flourish. And when their families flourish, communities and nations do as well.” (Clinton “Women’s Rights) When the audience hears this statement, feelings are brought out of them. A flourishing nation is something that every single one of its citizens would be proud to be apart of. By using this assumption that a positive outcome would come from helping the women, she is using the emotions of the audience, otherwise known as pathos, to create a sense of urgency to contribute to a way to create this outcome and to listen to what she has to …show more content…

She tells the audience about her first hand experiences with the situation. This list is full of instances such as when she met with the women in South Africa who played a part in the fight for democracy, or when she met with women who spent their life promoting better literacy and health for children (Clinton). Clinton uses these to build her credibility, or ethos, and that she has a right to be speaking on this issues and be trusted. Additionally, she asserts her character by expanding on why she has taken it upon herself to work towards a better life for other women. First, she expands on exactly who she is speaking for, “for the mothers… for the older women… for the women who are working all night.” (Clinton) Then she boldly declares, “Speaking to you today, I speak for them.” (Clinton) This is a very powerful statement. This lays out her entire purpose for her speech. With this statement, she is ensuring that the audience knows her desire as a person to talk out for these

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