My project will be examining the experience of women in the workplace. I am going to narrow my focus in on the discrimination and sexual harassment women endure every single day. I then would like to include information about BIPOC women and how that changes the experience even more. I hope to not only educate people on what this is but provide further information on how to identify it and how to not be a bystander. In other words, I would like this to do more than list off facts.
I want to present my information on an infographic because they are very informative and easy to read. However, space is limited so I will have to identify the most important sub-areas to cover. Since I did not cover this personally in Unit 1 or 2, I have to start from scratch with my sources. I want to include quotes of first-hand accounts as well as statistics to strengthen my argument. My audience will be young people entering the workforce.
As a woman, I think this topic is important to discuss because it affects our ability to feel safe, comfortable, and perform at our highest abilities. For some reason it is 2021 and this is still a daily issue.
One way to help focus your content is to decide how to define your audience and purpose more definitively. Do you want to target a particular group of women (i.e. young women headed into the workforce)? What objective (project) do you have in mind for your text–to educate women on how to respond? to educate employers on how to proactively address these issues? to encourage readers to lobby for policy changes? Work on defining these elements of your rhetorical situation more specifically, and that will help you to make decisions about what to include.