In the world, 51% of the population are women, and yet they have always had a hard time getting to the top because of the stereotypes about them. In Sheryl Sandberg’s speech “Why We Have Too Few Women Leaders” she uses appeals, and many other literary devices to emphasize what women go through or have to do to be a leader and that opportunities haven’t been completely abolished (connotation). Sheryl uses three appeals throughout her speech; logos, ethos, and pathos. Logos is used in the beginning of her speech to show how few women are leaders. There are “190 heads of state -- nine are women. Of all the people in parliament in the world, 13 percent are women. In the corporate sector, women at the top, C- level jobs, board seats -- tops out at 15, 16 percent. The numbers have not moved since 2002 and are going in the wrong direction“ (par 1). This is ridiculous - women should be equal to men. Ethos is used to show that she is qualified to give speeches on this topic. “I want to start out by saying, I talk about this -- about keeping women in the workforce -- because I really think that’s the answer” (Sandberg 3). Pathos is shown when a speaker or author is connecting to the audience. "And my daughter, who’s three, when I dropped her off at preschool, did that whole hugging-the-leg, crying, ‘Mommy, don’t get on the plane’ thing. This is hard. I feel guilty sometimes” (Sandberg 4). This is showing that she understands that it is hard. She also later in the speech makes a disclaimer stating that this isn't the lifestyle for everyone. One of the many rhetorical devices Sandberg used is a rhetorical question she uses these throughout her speech to make the audience think about her topic or help the audience find humor in the speech. She doesn’t expect a direct answer when she asks these questions. Towards the beginning of her speech Sandberg uses multiple rhetorical questions in one paragraph. “So the questio