It Ain’t What You Say
Answer each part of the multiple-part question. Provide evidence from the text to support
your answer.
1.Cameron asserts that “the contrast between ‘he said’ and ‘she blasted’ is an explicit
encoding of the underlying double standard.” What does the statement mean? Summarize
Cameron’s argument. What evidence does she provide to support her assertion? Is the
argument persuasive? Why or why not?
In the article “It Ain’t What You Say” it talks about how women are portrayed when they
speak. This statement shows that the woman was being aggressive while the man was just
talking when the woman is just talking also. Her article shows how men and women are
portrayed by their stereotypes. Almost every time the woman is the one who gets
interrupted. Women are supposed to be seen and not heard and when a woman rises in a
argument it means that she is annoying or griping, instead of standing her own ground. To
show how this is proven she gives examples from books to speeches. Her argument is
persuasive because the facts out weight it all. Women are still supposed to act girly and
not be loud. I am told this every day by people when anyone can be loud and stand their
ground.
2.Cameron is criticizing a way of writing that we’ve all used, to some extent— published
authors and class assignment writers alike. How does Cameron avoid offending all of her
readers? What does she do to not sound preachy or pedantic? Point to specific examples
from the essay. Are her efforts successful? Why or why not?
As she criticized different authors of children books, I do not think she offended anyone.
She may have a point on how most authors tend to think woman are stay at home parents
and the man goes to work and is the head of household. To avoid conflict she used Ron
and Hermione from Harry Potter series. They were both treated about the same through
the book. I second her facts based on how I have read the books. Ron was a bit girly and
scared in the whole series. Him “muttering” way more than she does along with “yelling”
through the series.
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