Proposal: Ethos and Rhetorical Analysis of Women's Unending Work

This essay presents a proposal for a rhetorical analysis focusing on the concept of women's unending work, drawing from Jessica Grose's article "Cleaning: The Final Feminist Frontier" and contrasting it with perspectives from Afaf Ibrahim Meleis and Teri G. Lindgren. The proposal suggests using ethos, or ethical appeal, to evaluate various viewpoints on the topic, emphasizing the importance of credibility and trustworthiness in persuasive arguments. The analysis aims to provide insights into the societal impact of women's work and its relevance to contemporary issues, employing balanced and objective creative writing techniques to enhance understanding. The essay intends to offer academic readers a deeper understanding of women's roles and the implications of their continuous labor in modern society. Desklib provides past papers and solved assignments for students.

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Short Writing Task 1: Proposal Task
A woman’s work is never done: many people in Australian and other countries grew up with this
adage and it somehow appears to be true even in the contemporary society. People acknowledge
that women, unlike their male counterparts, always have a lot of work to do and this work never
ends. One such person is Jessica Grose who in her article “Cleaning: The Final Feminist
Frontier” argues that to date, men do not have a share of the dirty work. According to Grose,
even though men have started doing some basic house chores, others such as cleaning and taking
care of almost everybody in the family remains the responsibility of the woman. Afaf Ibrahim
Meleis and Teri G. Lindgren in their work, “Man works from sun to sun, but woman's work is
never done: insights on research and policy” gives a contrary opinion that though women’s work
never ends, men do waged work from sun to sun to support their families financially. However,
men get some days off their daily work and at some point in their lives retire completely, but
women’s work never calls for breaks or retirement: It simply never ends.
I can use ethos or ethical appeal to evaluate viewpoints and stances on the above topic. This
rhetorical concept will enable me as the rhetor to convince or persuade the audience/readers that
I am credible and that my essay is worth listening to. I can develop ethos by choosing a suitable

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language and proper level of vocabulary in order to make myself sound unbiased and fair in my
arguments. I will not necessary incorporate ethos in my arguments rather I will just show my
readers that I am credible by proving that I am ethical in character, intelligent, and outspoken,
and thus arguing with good intentions. As Varpio (par. 7) points out, a rhetorician using ethos
should prove his/her trustworthiness beyond doubt and make the audience see their work as
acceptable and true.
The analysis will be of interest to any academic reader with general knowledge about this topic
and special interest in study of rhetoric for various reasons. My analysis will include fascinating
details and snippets of information regarding women’s work. I will try to make the information
relevant to the contemporary world such that the academic readers can easily relate to (Knape,
p.63). The essay will also borrow some factual, balanced, and objective creative writing
techniques that will help the audience relay similar information contained in it in a much easier
way. People with general knowledge concerning women’s work will be in a position to access
more useful details concerning this topic that will certainly enable them to argue logically
without contradiction. Besides, the analysis will give them more insight into the role women play
in our society and how their unending works impact nearly life of every person.

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Works cited
Grose, Jessica. "Cleaning: The Final Feminist Frontier." 19 March 2013. The New Republic. 26
August 2019 <https://newrepublic.com/article/112693/112693>.
Knape, Joachim. Modern rhetoric in culture, arts, and media: 13 essays. Berlin : De Gruyter,
2012.
Meleis, Afaf Ibrahim, and Teri G. Lindgren. "Man works from sun to sun, but woman's work is
never done: Insights on research and policy." Health Care for Women International 23.6-
7 (2002): 742-753.
Varpio, Lara. "Using rhetorical appeals to credibility, logic, and emotions to increase your
persuasiveness." Perspectives on medical education 7.3 (2018): 207-210.