Read this excerpt from the speech. Finally, if the salaries of women are raised, havoc will ensue.
Companies cannot take on that extra burden, and many will fold.
Or, companies will be forced to enact equality another way,
instead of raising women's salaries, they will decrease men's.
What makes the reasoning in this excerpt fallacious?
The excerpt uses oversimplification by implying
O change would be instantaneous and have one of two
negative effects.
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The excerpt evades the real issue by theorizing how
equal pay would affect the economy.
The excerpt attacks women personally by implying
O that women would not mind an increase in their
salary at men's expense.
The excerpt is told from a male perspective, which
calls into question its credibility.