“I better use some Tic Tacs just in case I start kissing her. You know, I’m automatically attracted to beautiful — I just start kissing them. It’s like a magnet. Just kiss. I don’t even wait. And when you’re a star, they let you do it. You can do anything.” These comments are in no way out of character for Donald Trump, but many potential voters believe he was being inappropriate and that anyone who talks like this should not be the president. In her article for CNN, Has Trump finally gone too far? Peggy Drexler explains why she believes Trump’s recently exposed recorded comments about the way he treats women has crossed a line but will probably not have a significant impact. Drexler is a psychology professor at Weill Medical College of Cornell University and was a gender studies student at Stanford University. She believes Trump’s campaign has “appealed to the worst human tendencies,” and uses ethos, logos, and pathos to inform the reader and criticize Trump for his behavior.
On October 8, 2016, CNN published an article by Peggy Drexler about Trump’s lewd comments while he was speaking with then host of Access Hollywood, Billy Bush. The article was…show more content… As a psychology professor, Drexler has a deep understanding of the way humans behave and as a gender studies student, she also has experience discussing how sexism and misogyny have been integrated into today’s society. In the past, Drexler has written other articles that discuss feminism. Drexler should be regarded as trustworthy; she has never been accused or suspected of exaggerating or stretching the truth, and she regularly makes fact based arguments in her articles. So overall, her experience in education and this type of journalism give Drexler a certain amount of authority on this topic. Her use of ethos gives the reader reason to believe that what Drexler says is
