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Sexist Dress Codes Shaming Young Girls Rhetorical Analysis

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This essay illustrates how biased our country is. Although we have multiple amendments that legally make minorities equivalent to males, females are still treated as if they’re completely irrelevant. Boys look and treat girls of all ages like they are objects or property. Males tend to believe they are stronger and more powerful than the women. Although men do tend to be stronger, women could be just as powerful if they took a stand or a little change was made. This essay will explain how sexist dress codes, shaming young girls for our country’s high teen pregnancy rate, sexual harassment, domestic violence show the spiteful feelings towards females.

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