Rhetorical Analysis Of Being A Woman Professor By Carol Hay

A Professor for the University of Massachusetts Lowell, Carol Hay, addresses the manor of the misconception that women professors have one job, to teach. Hay writes this to express her opinion about how students may believe that women professors are going to coddle them, or in a guy's case, be their “plaything”. In order for Hay’s point to be heard she uses a strict, yet pleading, tone to get her readers to understand that being a woman professor can be tough. In today's world many people don't grasp the fact that women aren't just toys or always supposed to treat people like their children. A professor that is a woman is indeed professional about her job so students need to understand that being a professor is the only thing they are to them.

In this article Hay expresses her feelings about the problem with students assuming that their female professors will either want to sleep with them or will treat to their every need like their mother would. The way Hay addresses this problem wanted to hopefully aware people that this is happening and that other people will help her end professor misconception.

Hay tries to pinpoint down that only women have the troubles of being thought of as a sexual conquest. She emphasizes her side of the argument by saying,

“... Not to mention the respect I deserve after more than a decade of postsecondary education” (para 4). In no way shape or form should a female professor be assumed to be the type of person that would break the teacher code of conduct. Every student respects the legitimacy of a male professor, as a student myself, I believe the hardworking women professors deserve to be treated the same. If students understand the fact that their professors are only their professors and not their mother or their future playtoy, then all of the problems that female professors face will be