Team Members: Yarinell, Lexi, and Lillian
On January 20th of 2018, Ashley Frangipane delivered a speech about sexual abuse and rape at the New York Women’s March. Her speech is based on the sexual abuse and rape that she has personally gone through in hopes that people will, once again, be reminded of the severity of this topic. Through her experiences, she aims to use pathos, ethos, and logos as a tool to help her bring her message to the audience. The most appealing rhetorical tool that she uses is pathos, followed by ethos than logos.
Pathos:
- She recounts an experience where she didn’t want to have a sexual encounter, but the guy said she owed him because he bought her dinner. Many women can relate to this because men often pressure women into doing things they don’t want to do.
- Halsey talks about her experience having a miscarriage, which many women may also relate to because so many of them experience miscarriages.
- She discussed how she faced sexual assault as a child.
Ethos:
- Halsey (Ashley) talks about her experience as a woman who has been sexually assaulted
- She has credibility as both a woman and sexual assault survivor, so the audience can build trust with her knowing she has first-hand knowledge on the subject of her speech
Logos:
- Although logos is not the strongest argument strategy in the speech, Halsey uses the public knowledge of Ashley and Simone and Gabby, McKayla and Gaga, Rosario, and Aly to show sexual assault happens every day all around us.
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