At Work In Two Genders By Sashas Zimmerman

We All are Equal Have you ever been in a position when you just did not feel comfortable with yourself? Well, that is how transgender people feel all the time. Until they actually become the person they are completely comfortable being. Transgender cannot control the way they feel and they just want to be able to express them self’s without judgment. The article “At Work in Two Genders” by Sasha Zimmerman is a persuasive article because it vividly represents Ethos, Logos and Pathos. The author wants the reader to understand and believe trans genders are just normal people and they should not be treated differently and be despised by anyone because of their personal choice, they work hard just like any other person. Zimmerman interviews

For example, Vivienne Ming, who is a theoretical neurophysicist and entrepreneur in Berkeley, California. Ming, is a very smart woman who went through life knowing she was not the person she wants to be. Ming waited until she was in her 30s to transform which tells you the amount of stress and depression she has to fight including suicidal thoughts. Ming notes “Gender transition isn’t about gender. It’s about literally making yourself a better person, because you know that’s a better you”. Zimmerman also interviewed Michaela Mendelsohn, the CEO of Los Angeles’s Pollo West Corp. She transformed in her 50s so there for she knows the feeling of being out of place. Next, Rachel See, a lawyer and specializing in technology she transformed in her late 30s. Now she has confidence and comfort in the skin she’s in. All these women are great credibility because they all know what it is like to not feel like they belong and they all went most of their lives feeling this way until they finally decided to make the change. Also, all three women have great jobs and great positions at their jobs which builds up credibility. The author adds credibility by directly quoting the three women which makes the reader feel as if they are talking directing to the women not the

The purpose is to teach the world not to look down on trans genders but to look at them as equal. Also, to show even one is not comfortable with the gender they were born. That is okay they should be able to be whomever they want without judgement and bias. Zimmerman also attaches a link to the National Center for Transgender Equality which states 41 percent of trans people attempt suicide, beside the 1.6 percent of the general population. This coming from the National Center a place that I trust the author gives exact percentages which builds my trust. For two of the women there is a link connected with their jobs so the audience can see furthermore on what they do. For Ming there was a video attached of her speaking so, now the author builds an image in the reader’s mind as they read. That inning of itself is useful to build the readers