Rhetorical situation

Sender

The sender of the article “A feminist guide to raising boys” is Bibi van der Zee. Van der Zee is a journalist who writes on relevant social topics, including feminism.

Van der Zee says she has been a feminist from a young age and reading important feminist literature, showing that she is knowledgeable about the topic. At the same time, she also admits that she has not been fully aware of what feminism meant before she had sons: “To be clear: I don’t think you only understand feminism if you have children. But the embarrassing truth is that, in my case, this is what happened.” (ll. 39-40)

Receivers and medium

The receivers of van der Zee’s article are those who might be interested in how to raise boys from a feminist perspective. Therefore, some of van der Zee’s receivers could be parents of ...