1. What is the major thesis of each essay?
The thesis of Dennis Baron's essay titled "Facebook Multiplies Genders, but Offers Users the same Three Tired Pronouns" complies of the fact that Facebook has 58 different kinds of genders to choose from, yet the social media site only allows three pronouns: she, he, it. The thesis of "How to Be a 'Woman Programmer’" written by Ellen Ullman is the struggles of a woman becoming a computer programmer and enduring the sexual prejudice of man in the workplace.
2. How do their arguments differ? How are they similar? What are some of the major argumentative points each piece makes?
The arguments differ in the way that Baron's essay was merely just nagging about not having more pronouns to identify others, while Ullman's argument is giving first hand stories and experiences to support her claims.
The only thing similar about the arguments is that both essays are somewhat about gender issues. An argumentative point that Baron makes in her essay is that Facebook users can now identify as 58 different genders, but their friends can only wish him,l her, them a happy birthday. I love the point that Ullman makes when she states that when she was working as a computer programmer, women stood out in …show more content…
Of course, there are things that men are better at than women and vice versa, but that does not mean that men still think that they are better than women. I believe sexism in the workplace is not as common as it once was. Companies in America have worked on that and try to give both genders the same opportunities. However, men still see women as sex toys, as mentioned by Ullman in the text when she was sexually harassed by her boss. On the other hand, not all men are like that. I believe gender, and in this case sexism, is an issue that is dealt differently by different people based on their own personal beliefs and