Although the essay Stereotype Threat and Woman’s Performance in Engineering provides many sources to back up its claims, there are still some issues with the argument made by the authors. In regards to ethos, the author(s) list many percentages and statistics that would suggest that they are highly informed on the topic that they are arguing. The author also keeps a very professional tone throughout the paper. Overall, the author comes across as trustworthy. One area where there are some issues is with the consistency of the argument made. The authors argue that the when a test implies that women are worse then men at engineering, women will do worse on the test. When the test is said to be “gender neutral”, the women preform equal to the men. The author starts off by providing relevant data from a test where it was specifically stated that men would often due better then women. The problem is that after the initial example, the authors start to point out examples that do not fit with the stated thesis. The essay says that women preform worse on tests labeled ‘diagnostic’, which does not fit with the original argument. The author also assumes that there is something wrong with the fact that there are less women engineers then men, and that it is not normal for women to have a lower graduation rate in engineering as opposed to another discipline.