This article was interesting because it talked about sexism, which is something you don't hear much of these days. Or at least in Hanover you don't. A recent study conducted by Jonathan M. Kane and Janet E. Mertz on male vs. female math scores in different countries shows that when girls preform better in math, so do boys. Still, many people find reasons and excuses as to why this is. They're convinced that there is no way girls can be as smart in STEM subjects as boys; they say the countries that showed this statistic stacked the schools with exceptionally smart girls during the study. This study uses variety in culture and countries to give more diverse data, which still proves girls improvement doesn't negatively affect boys. So all the people who believe girls can't be as smart are disproven, and all the people concerned that girl's success will conflict with boy's success can stop worrying, because that was proven by the study as well.
The author uses mostly logos, and she spends some time in the article negating the possible arguments against the study. I think this aspect of the article is very necessary considering the seemingly large amount of people opposed to the study. This article also uses a bit of pathos, particularly to empower women to realize that they are equal to men intellectually despite what they might hear.
http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/commentary/la-oe-rivers-gender-equity-20120124,0,1897146.story
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