Rationale Written task

Rationale:

I wrote about why men and women talk and act in different ways, relating it with the role that stereotypes play on both of them. I chose this topic because it is related with one of the units in the course: Language and Gender, another reason for selecting this subject is that I'm motivated by everything that is related with gender and / or stereotypes

My target audience are teenagers, because they are the ones that are shaping there identity; they need to be in knowledge of the role that stereotypes play on them, also since they are the future of the world they need to know and be conscious about the effects of stereotypes in gender identity and language so, in the future, they can change that effect and the generations that are coming con grow “free”, with out the limitation of stereotypes in there lives.

Because the intended audience are teenagers I wrote this text as a blog, I think that, since they use lot social media is a good way to approach them. Also this type of text allow me to be more personal with them; like when I used “I'll tell you” or “we”, and I think that being more personal (saying “I'm also part of you”) helps the reception to the message, I believe emphasizing with the reader is very crucial and important.

For this work I used a neutral language (I didn't use “internet slang” or complex words) because the whole point of the text is to make the reader reflect and be conscious about how stereotypes affect him, and I believe that texts that are made to make you (as a reader) think need to be dense but simple; because if you don't understand what you are reading you can't think about it.