Speaker: As a feminist herself, Petula Dvorak speaks in this article as a woman concerned about the underrepresentation of women in sports.
Occasion: In August a group named the D.C Divas won the title of the female Super Bowl for Washington. The problem was that nobody had noticed. The article addresses the issue of how women often go unrecognized for their achievements while men get more recognition for the same effort. In today's society, often women receive less pay, less recognition, and less opportunities than males who put in the same amount of work. Throughout history women have had to fight to be seen as equal in the eyes of men and Dvorak uses this article as a chance to address the horrible circumstance. Dvorak is not only discussing the problem of female football players being recognized in sports but also the lack of given credit for women in today's society as a whole.
Audience: Dvorak's article tries to reach out to the National Football League to help the organization understand its neglect towards female football players. The article also targets the general public and football lovers alike to spread awareness of this gendered injustice.
Purpose: The article's main purpose is to inform readers of the societal rift between genders and complain about how women who work just as hard if not harder than men in the capital and sports world.
Subject: The subject of the piece is essentially the Tia Watkin's experiences as a mother of two, office worker, and professional female football player.
Tone: The overall encompassing tone of the piece was very caviling and empathetic.
Occasion: In August a group named the D.C Divas won the title of the female Super Bowl for Washington. The problem was that nobody had noticed. The article addresses the issue of how women often go unrecognized for their achievements while men get more recognition for the same effort. In today's society, often women receive less pay, less recognition, and less opportunities than males who put in the same amount of work. Throughout history women have had to fight to be seen as equal in the eyes of men and Dvorak uses this article as a chance to address the horrible circumstance. Dvorak is not only discussing the problem of female football players being recognized in sports but also the lack of given credit for women in today's society as a whole.
Audience: Dvorak's article tries to reach out to the National Football League to help the organization understand its neglect towards female football players. The article also targets the general public and football lovers alike to spread awareness of this gendered injustice.
Purpose: The article's main purpose is to inform readers of the societal rift between genders and complain about how women who work just as hard if not harder than men in the capital and sports world.
Subject: The subject of the piece is essentially the Tia Watkin's experiences as a mother of two, office worker, and professional female football player.
Tone: The overall encompassing tone of the piece was very caviling and empathetic.
The tone throughout Dvorak's piece is very caviling towards the forces at play against womankind's advancement. Dvorak displays her anger with mankind by saying, "But because these champions don't have y chromosomes, it's crickets". The phrase expresses her tone by implying that women are not recognized for their accomplishments in football because they do not share the same DNA as men which she believes is stupid and unreasonable. Dvorak expresses her empathetic tone through phrases such as "amazing female athletes" to convey her want of more recognition for female football players. Her tone is thought to be empathetic because she describes the players as "amazing", giving recognition to the women who pull off the amazing feat of being a football player and a mom at the same time. Dvorak uses a caviling and empathetic tone to contrast and compare the differences in recognition of men and women.