Ethos in "Throw Like a Girl"

This video has no added frills in the form of an eye catching background or special effects which allows the viewer to focus just on the girls and boys being interviewed. The young girls that are asked to run or swing like a girl get their credibility simply because they are in the midst of childhood. Their responses seem unrehearsed as most of them take a second to decide how they want to react, all of them taking the question seriously. The older girls that are asked the same questions have already experienced puberty, allowing them to act as the experts of their generation. Unlike the younger girls, most of the older girls laugh when they hear the phrase “like a girl”, and react accordingly. Both the younger and older girls reactions to the questions asked of them are in keeping with the message this video hopes to relay, that as girls get older they learn to associate a negative meaning with the phrase “like a girl”, implying that girls are the weaker sex.The boys that are asked the same questions have the day to day roles as brothers, cousins, uncles, sons. Their reactions are similar to those of the older girls, implying that most males also view the phrase “like a girl” as a negative one.

Hailey Wilberger