Speaker: Kathleen Parker is a straight-forward and concise columnist who states her opinion and viewpoints with great strength. Her sarcastic and casual style and voice in writing helps her columns serve as more persuading and interesting to readers who may not find the general topic, for example, politics, fun. Her humor also makes the reader laugh, which also gives a feeling of connection with the author herself (feels like she is having an everyday conversation with you).
Occasion: Drinking has huge impacts on men and women relationships. Based on her strong voice and knowledge on this topic, she wants this topic to be noticed more by people and even refers to her book that she wrote in the past that talks about her viewpoint on the 2 different genders (male and female).
Audience: Americans (men and women). This helps men who drink and assault women feel guilty for their unethical action and how they are responsible for committing such crime. This column can also warn women to avoid traveling during night and avoid drunk men at all times.
Purpose: Parker is arguing that the main catalyst causing men to sexually assault women is alcohol. Therefore, drunk men are usually the culprits. However, both men and women are both guilty for such incident to happen but men have more responsibility since they have superior physical strength and body structure differences.
Subject: Topic is culture and health because it is talking about how alcohol impacts men and how this causes them to sexually assault women.
Tone: The overall tone is serious because sexually assaulting women is a crime. Such deed should never happen, but there are men who continue to do it, especially when they are drunk. Parker takes this topic seriously, since she already has plenty of knowledge, but she also maintains her casual and sarcastic tone to make fun of these men for being "stupid" and getting "silly-faced".
In "Sex after drinking and the war on men", Parker talks about how men/boys sexually harass women/girls. She also refers to another columnist, James Taranto, who wrote about campus rape. Parker has an immense knowledge and information on this issue and goes in depth stating her viewpoints towards rape. Because she provides ample amount of information (unlike column 1) , readers can easily understand what is going on without confusion. For example, she points out that alcohol is the main problem causing men to sexually harass women. A problem dealing with alcohol is when two drunks have sex and the drunk girl did not mean to do a such action. Parker mentions the controversy dealing with Taranto's column, which even made the National Organization for Women wanting him fired. This topic is important from Parker's point of view because this is a big issue in college campuses and many other places, especially during the night. Although men and women both are responsible and have blame, men should be more responsible since they are more stronger and have biological and anatomical differences. This column can help readers be aware of sexual harassment, avoid drunk men (drunk people in general), and consider Parker's belief on men having more responsibility.
Occasion: Drinking has huge impacts on men and women relationships. Based on her strong voice and knowledge on this topic, she wants this topic to be noticed more by people and even refers to her book that she wrote in the past that talks about her viewpoint on the 2 different genders (male and female).
Audience: Americans (men and women). This helps men who drink and assault women feel guilty for their unethical action and how they are responsible for committing such crime. This column can also warn women to avoid traveling during night and avoid drunk men at all times.
Purpose: Parker is arguing that the main catalyst causing men to sexually assault women is alcohol. Therefore, drunk men are usually the culprits. However, both men and women are both guilty for such incident to happen but men have more responsibility since they have superior physical strength and body structure differences.
Subject: Topic is culture and health because it is talking about how alcohol impacts men and how this causes them to sexually assault women.
Tone: The overall tone is serious because sexually assaulting women is a crime. Such deed should never happen, but there are men who continue to do it, especially when they are drunk. Parker takes this topic seriously, since she already has plenty of knowledge, but she also maintains her casual and sarcastic tone to make fun of these men for being "stupid" and getting "silly-faced".
In "Sex after drinking and the war on men", Parker talks about how men/boys sexually harass women/girls. She also refers to another columnist, James Taranto, who wrote about campus rape. Parker has an immense knowledge and information on this issue and goes in depth stating her viewpoints towards rape. Because she provides ample amount of information (unlike column 1) , readers can easily understand what is going on without confusion. For example, she points out that alcohol is the main problem causing men to sexually harass women. A problem dealing with alcohol is when two drunks have sex and the drunk girl did not mean to do a such action. Parker mentions the controversy dealing with Taranto's column, which even made the National Organization for Women wanting him fired. This topic is important from Parker's point of view because this is a big issue in college campuses and many other places, especially during the night. Although men and women both are responsible and have blame, men should be more responsible since they are more stronger and have biological and anatomical differences. This column can help readers be aware of sexual harassment, avoid drunk men (drunk people in general), and consider Parker's belief on men having more responsibility.