Women Are from Mars Too Analysis
****** * The main question of this paper is that (Would more women leaders translate into more global peace? In other words, would a larger proportion of women in decision-making and leadership positions reduce the likelihood of conflict and war?)
I added to two short articles as PDF who answered this question by simple answers YES or NO:-
1_ YES: Zenko, “Walking Loudly and Carrying a Big Stick: Why Women Are Less Inclined to Start Wars” (6 August 2013)
2_ NO: Brooks, “Women Are From Mars Too: Why More Female Leaders Won’t Mean Less War” (9 August 2013)
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The paper is about:
- The ability to formulate a clear and concise argument. So, it must have a thesis statement and underline it to make an argument and support it by using those two articles.
- It is about the ability to carefully and critically read, evaluate, analyze, and deploy those sources in the service of your argument.
—- Here is the basic outline of a classical argument paper:
Introduction: Get readers interest and attention, state the problem and explain why they should care about globalization and threatening cultural diversity?
Background: Provide some context and key facts surrounding the problem.
Thesis: State your position or claim and outline your main arguments by answering this (Would more women leaders translate into more global peace?)
Argument: Discuss the reasons for your position and present evidence to support it (largest section of paper—the main body). Underline the thesis statement.
Refutation: Provide opposing arguments AND convince the reader why opposing arguments are not true or valid. Here you can use more the two articles more.
Conclusion: Summarize your main points, discuss their implications, and state why your position is the best position.
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Here is a simple analysis of two articles. But it does not cover all the information, you should read and review them plz. :: Read Zenko, then Brooks.
Zenko, “Walking Loudly and Carrying a Big Stick: Why Women Are Less Inclined to Start Wars”
He used polling— from Pew Research Center
- Drone Strikes
- Women are less supportive of using military force than men.
- Evidence from: Polling/polling data
- * Women under-represented
- * Lack of diversity has an impact on how issues foamed, debates unfold, a decision made, outcome emerge.
- Concludes: it is conceivable that less force would be used if more women in power.
Why is it not a good argument: He only used polling data from the Pew Research Center, which based on people opinions, I can not adopt it because we do not know those people background, their education, race and ethnicity, and the way they been asked (wording).
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Brooks, “Women Are From Mars Too: Why More Female Leaders Won’t Mean Less War”
She used studies
- Skeptical!
- Unconvinced by Zenko’s evidence
- Combination of :
Wishful Thanking
Misunderstanding, Est.pe context
Mistakes
- Mistakes:
1- Patterns of individuals behavior
Assumptions about inherent gender differences
2- Gender differences
Policy outcome on a scale of a nation
- Evidence from: Social science academic and studies of analysis
Why is it a good argument: she used social science academic and studies of analysis, this makes her a better source.
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IMPORTANT
1-MLA-style format- example: ( last name, # of the page). All information that you directly quote or paraphrase needs a citation on the last page.
2- No need to use other sources rather than the two articles that I gave. BUT if you need 1 or 2 academic the sources and list them on the last page.
Thank you.