Critiquing "Different but (Probably) Equal"

1. I would characterize Judson’s characters as at first skeptical that there are differences in the human male and female, but now it would seem that she is curious to see what those differences are.
2. The nurture view is supported when she tells how there was an increase in women in the orchestra due to blind rehearsals, and also when the grant applications were looked at without knowing the sex of the person. The nature view is supported by the examples of the jackdaws and the spoon worms.
3. The green spoon worm and the jackdaw are important to Judson’s argument because they show how an animal could be of the same species but differ so much. She says the interesting question involves “average intrinsic difference” and the extensiveness of “variation” because she would really like to know what the intrinsic difference really is and how much it leads to the variation of people. I believe she is inferring that if the average intrinsic difference is not significant then the variation occurs due to social influences.
4. Throughout the majority of the article Judson shows us how external factors have influenced the inequality of men and women. She has in the past been afraid to admit that there is indeed a true biological difference in the sexes, but after discovering the green spoon worm and the jackdaw she is now brave enough to endeavor to explain what really sets men and women apart.

Critiquing the United Way Advocacy Ad

1. This advocacy ad uses black and white coloring to convey and kind of sad image. This image is also juxtaposed and manipulated in the way that the background hints at a pregnant girl. I think this visual argument is effective, because it sort of says if you want your teenage girl to not become pregnant it would be a good idea for them to participate after school activities.
2. The argument this ad makes that if your kid, specifically teenage daughter; then it is very likely that they will become pregnant. It also states that to keep your kid from becoming getting pregnant then make sure they participate in after school activities.
3. This ad appeals to the values of people that would like their kids to be successful in life. The ad uses a pony-tailed white female teenager playing basketball, because this image portrays someone that has a future, and it would be heartbreaking to see them as a pregnant teen.
4. This could be a correlation because it could just be that the kind of kids that participate in after school activities are initially less likely to become pregnant.