College is the only time in life where one is set free to be independent as the transition from childhood to adulthood begins. However, many students spend the majority of the time partying until the morning hours. This has led to a national concern of campus sexual abuse/violence and allowing sororities to host parties has become an ideal solution to reduce these risks. “Sororities Should Throw Parties” written by The New York Time’s writer, Juliet Lapidos, shines light into this topic for the audience through style and tone, but is not as successful in establishing the rhetorical appeals for understanding the purpose of the editorial.
Lapidos seems to be a strong supporter over the protection of women while under the influence. Thus, leading her to speak towards university administrators. She directly approaches the audience with a straightforward tone by stating, “… instead of only regulating fraternities, administrators might want to consider a…show more content… If a victim of sexual violence encounters this editorial, he/she will support the idea of sororities bringing party appeal to prevent sexual abuse. However, a male reading this article may become offended because it elicits “one-night stands” and a misleading image of all men. She states “If a frat member wants to bring a girl back to his bed, all he has to do is get her upstairs-not across campus in full view of other students” (Lapidos, 2015, para.5) With the way word choice is utilized, it imposes that the entire population of frat members and males at parties behave this way. Not all men have this barbaric intention with girls. It deflects from any reader supporting the purpose of the editorial and creates room for critique. The goal for a writer would be to have as many people as possible see the issue in their point of view and sympathize. She may have lost a few reader’s attention at this
