"The Confessions of a Female Chauvinist," by Jane Bishop, was first published in The Misc magazine, Poughkeepsie, New York in November 19,1971. In her article, Bishop aims to convince her readers that people need to be considered as people not by functions confined to gender. She skillfully uses techniques as personal opinion, personal anecdotes, comparison and contrast to create one strong, convincing article. At the beginning she establishes the article as informal and personal. Bishop begins her article with a personal opinion about issues of women's liberation. She speaks to readers and ask them, and at the same time giving them the answer to her question. It is a great way to capture the reader's interest. Also, Bishop reveals us that she never in her life considered being a housewife, or even marrying. She always wanted just to be friends with a boys. I would have been content to be friends with the boys at my elementary school as people Bishop shares her anecdotes with readers . She said: At the age of seven 1 wished to become a veterinarian when I grew up. I confided this to our neighbor downstairs. "But girls can't be veterinarians," he said. I was seven; he was thirty; he spoke with the voice of grownup authority For four years I believed him. In that words the readers can see that even he is a little boy, he use the authority over her and tells her what she can not do. Because the society allowed them to be above the girls, she believed him. The function of anecdotes in this article is to substantiate and support main ideas. Also, it is quite easy for readers to relate to personal experience. After capturing the reader's interest with anecdotes , Bishop begins using comparisons. In the church school boy and girl in a play-yard there were no barrier but the were separated at recess. She compare the boys games and girls games and the size of their play-yard. The boys have bigger yard, they play whatever they want, wh