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Maureen Dowd: Just Think No

Maureen Dowd: Just Think No. By: Taylor Ginter, Catalina Lee, Crystal Enriquez, Mattie Snyder. Vocabulary. Spurned -to reject harshly Antediluvian - very old; outdated Cavorted -interact with Ratcheted -brought up again, revisit, with a negative connotation

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Maureen Dowd: Just Think No

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  1. Maureen Dowd: Just Think No By:Taylor Ginter, Catalina Lee, Crystal Enriquez, Mattie Snyder

  2. Vocabulary • Spurned -to reject harshly • Antediluvian - very old; outdated • Cavorted -interact with • Ratcheted -brought up again, revisit, with a negative connotation • Chauvinist -male dominant, anti-female • Tubal -relating to fallopian tubes (a part of the female reproductive system) • Drone -remote control, automatic • Postulated -assume without proof • Cant - the way a particular party phrases something • Troglodyte -prehistoric cave dweller • Recidivist - repeated relapse into trouble • Incendiary - tending to provoke argument or dispute • Inanity - lack of sense; insane

  3. Allusions • US Senate race (Missouri) • Crazy uncle • Dana Loesch • Taliban Creed • Adam and Eve • Dr. Paul Blumenthal • Stanford Program for International Reproductive Education and Services • House Committee on Science, Space and Technology • Bachmann-esque • Alex Castellanos • Orwellian legislation • Mormons • Dr. John Willke • National Right to Life Committee

  4. Persona and Background • Columnist for the New York Times • The Catholic University of America • Bachelor Degree • Liberal • “crazy uncle”, “crazy thing” “nutty doctor” ad hominem on Republicans

  5. Diction and Tone • Sophisticated • Elevated diction (as seen in vocabulary) • Sarcastic commentary • Less formal, use of irony • “superpower to repel rape sperm” • “Oh, that’s ever so much better” • Mocking tone • “When you wish upon a rape.”

  6. Audience • Women - regards pregnancy and rape, as well as women’s rights • Conservative men • believe in “thinking” as pregnancy prevention • Those who believe in scientific evidence • Disturbing that people have developed a “make-believe world of science based on entirely self-serving beliefs of convenience or just ignorance”

  7. Purpose • To criticize believers of “thinking” prevention • To criticize Republican fickleness on their stance/beliefs • To assert that the political race should not change who people are • Stay true to oneself

  8. Central Argument • Rejecting Akin’s claim of “thinking” as pregnancy prevention • The Republican party is too involved in making decisions for women • Political race should be about who you are as a person – not shaping one’s image according to others • “Other republicans are trying to cover up their true identity to get elected”

  9. Syntax and Overall Structure • Small paragraphs and single lines • “There’s something trying about an unforgiving man suddenly in need of forgiveness” • Beginning • Republicans, their views, and recent scandals • Middle • Topic of abortion • Personal views • End • Refers back to the beginning -- Akin’s comment

  10. Discussion Questions • How do the two authors Dowd and Snowe differ in their descriptions of the Republicans’ views on women’s rights? • What is Dowd’s view concerning Akin’s claim? In what ways does she convey this view? • What does Dowd mean by “who we are as a people”? • Why did Dowd title her editorial “Just Think No”?

  11. Works Cited Dictionary.com. Dictionary.com, n.d. Web. 4 Sept. 2012. <http://dictionary.reference.com/>. Dowd, Maureen. "Just Think No." The New York Times. The New York Times, 21 Aug. 2012. Web. 4 Sept. 2012. <http://www.nytimes.com/2012/08/22/opinion/dowd-just-think-no.html>. "Maureen Dowd." Wikipedia. Wikimedia Foundation, 22 July 2012. Web. 5 Sept. 2012. <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maureen_Dowd>.

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