Chelsea Brenyah

Jessica Penner

ENG1121

09/23/2020

Alexandria Ocasio Cartex

  1. Who is A.O.C.’s discourse community?

In this case, the discourse community is the women who are being the victims of men’s disrespectful and unruly behavior. Alexandria believes that the action shown by her colleague in power despite being the congresswoman in New York 14th District (Malik, 89). She claims this is a direct message that has been sending to every daughter, woman, or mother out there that men are out for disrespect, and she could not humble for the disgrace. She gives a further example of the president telling her to go back home, which meant she is not even an American resident.

  1. What is the issue she is addressing?

Alexandria is addressing the culture of impunity against women, which men firmly support from the critical male figure in leadership in the American government. She holds her ground that acts of violence and violent language against women are intolerable, and the entire structure of power that supports it should seek atonement with their characters (Malik, 89). She refers to these actions as a pattern of an attitude firmly held by men against women and later uses them as an excuse for their unruly behavior in public.

  1. Who is the intended audience for the speech?

The speech is directly addressed to both genders to draw a distinction and clarify the personal boundaries that each gender should exercise. To men, she demands acknowledgment and respect for every woman walking in the streets of America, either a daughter, mother, or even a wife to someone (Malik, 89). To the women, she makes an awakening call to women to observe dignity that commands respect from men’s acts. She sensitizes how much piercing the verbal disrespect does to women and why such incidences should remain abolished.

Works Cited

Malik, Jennifer A. Neruda. “U.S. 116th Congress sets new record for members with STEM backgrounds.” M.R.S. Bulletin 44.2 (2019): 88-90.