WRIT1001: Inclusive Rhetoric in Gender Bifurcation Analysis

This essay delves into the rhetoric surrounding gender bifurcation, examining its impact on society and the arguments it generates. The paper begins by introducing the concept of gender bifurcation and its association with social factors such as declining popularity and increased gender equality, particularly in industrialized countries. It explores the evolution of the term 'gender' from its original meaning to a more complex understanding, highlighting the debates between those who view genders as having distinct hierarchical classes and those who advocate for equality. The essay analyzes the rhetoric of gender equality and its implications for society, referencing scholarly viewpoints and academic sources. It examines the use of rhetoric in arguments about gender, focusing on how rhetorical concepts shape communication on the topic. The essay aims to evaluate the existing rhetoric in the definition of genders and its implications for society, providing an extensive perspective on the determination of what constitutes gender.

Running head: INCLUSIVE RHETORIC IN GENDER BIFURCATION 1
Inclusive Rhetoric in Gender Bifurcation
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Inclusive Rhetoric in Gender Bifurcation
Introductory paragraph
Generally, the spreading of gender bifurcation has currently been associated with many
social factors such as declining popularity, increased gender equality, and its implication to
fertility (Barreto & Napolio, 2018). The existing studies conducted in various industrialized
countries have revealed the rise of various social factors such as fertility rate and increasing
gender equality, which is a result of gender binary distinction. In most of these countries, the
high rate of gender egalitarianism and bifurcation has been experiencing, and many scholars
believe the trend of infertility in such countries is due to widespread gender equality. Thus,
concept of gender has attracted various arguments based on its impact in the current society.
Some people believe that genders have not only one meaning and lack a distinction. Research
shows that in such industrialized countries, men just women get parental leave to support gender
egalitarianism, which is a product of gender bifurcation. For this reason, the content of this
paper evaluates the existing rhetoric in the definition of genders and its implication to the
society. The content of this paper, therefore, evaluates the concept of gender from an extensive
perspective evaluating the rhetoric that exists in the definition and determination of what gender
is in particular. It is not only equality in the division of labor but also includes various aspects.
Some men in the world still believe that women were created to be equal to men in any way.
However, some people on the proponent side believe that men and women can be equal.

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Body Paragraph 1 (rhetoric hierarchy in gender)
The term gender has attracted a different meaning rather than the original meaning, thus
the existing rhetoric on gender bifurcation and egalitarianism. Bifurcation, the other hand, is the
idea of gender differentiation, which has resulted in various concerns within society (Avishai &
Irby, 2017). The word gender originally was a synonym of ‘sex’ and was used to refer to a
person's biological status as being either male or a female. The term was used most of the time
to avoid mild embarrassments, which came by invoking the term ‘sex,' which some presumably
associated with body organs and the process. The meaning of gender has, therefore, change from
meaning masculine of feminine or neuter to a deeper meaning that brings the differences
between men and women in the current society. The distinction is, therefore, what is called
bifurcation and has attracted several counteractive arguments. Therefore, the term gender has
been used by feminists and human rights defenders who believe in as much as there is a binary
distinction; there is no superior being over the other. In simple terms, they claim that maleness is
not superior to femaleness (Gold & Enoch, 2019). They claim that each and every individual is
born with a different reproductive role, but this does not make them superior. However, some
people believe that there exists a binary difference that comes with maleness or femaleness and
that an infant gets into either of the two hierarchical classes (Ehret, 2018). Due to this rhetoric,
some scholars are looking into various social factors that are arising from gender bifurcation of
binary differential arguments such as increased gender equality and the currently existing trends
infertility.

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References
Avishai, O., & Irby, C. A. (2017). Bifurcated conversations in sociological studies of religion
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Barreto, A. A., & Napolio, N. G. (2018). Bifurcating American identity: partisanship, sexual
orientation, and the 2016 presidential election. Politics, Groups, and Identities, 1-17.
Ehret, V. (2018). Transcontextual Narratives of Inclusion: Mediating Feminist and Anti-Feminist
Rhetoric. Religions, 9(5), 160.
Gold, D., & Enoch, J. (Eds.). (2019). Women at Work: Rhetorics of Gender and Labor.
University of Pittsburgh Press.