Reflecting on past arguments, I never try to get
someone to accept my point of view. Perhaps providing facts and weighing the evidences,
and thinking about the situation from both sides are something I try to do.
Being sociology major, it’s important that I don’t hold egocentric views or
bias opinions about a certain subject. Probably my last persuasive discussion was
about women and the workplace. I simply provided the fact that the majority of people
that hold lower-position jobs are women. This got me into trouble because they
called me a sexist… after that I didn’t really want to get into the statistical
data of race and gender. I could see though why this would make someone upset.
I even agreed and said it was sexist, but it’s how bureaucracy has designed the
system. How often do you see women holding a top management position on a
corporate ladder compared to men? Right now, the number of women that hold Congress
has just increased slightly but the margin is still in favor of men.
Nevertheless, reasoning only got me into further trouble and I got weird looks
from my female co-workers.
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