Reflective blog post 2

Ratcliff does a splendid job at emphasizing just home crucial the listening portion of a conversation is to the conversation itself and the act of transferring knowledge. Ratcliff’s rhetorical listening concept is like an act that the receiver of the rhetoric does in order to grasp the information best. Ratcliff explains how we generally lack the content of the communication becuase we are busy thinking about  our own identity and how thisnifemaotion might apply, but we aren’t learning we are just applying in the moment it’s like a reflection while processing the information but that leaves no room to digest the information just room to prepare a response to the information. She also stresses how listing Ian seen in this society as more of a feminine trait while being a skilled speaker is seen as a masculine trait. I think that this is a correct observation of the world because if anyone is expected to misinterpret information it would be the women. Also, thoughout history, rhetoric has been reserved for mostly white males rather then women. I enjoyed learned pivot the important of listing when trying to achieve the purpose of a conversation or when attending a speech.