Love Is a Fallacy Revision Essay Example

to be “trained” or taught to think. As he instructs her and becomes increasingly rude and impatient with Polly, she continues to use ignorant phrases and gestures to comply with the man’s commands and to please him.

In the end, even though Polly stands up for herself and uses his teachings against him, she still is only speaking from what he had taught her and not from her own thoughts. This gives the illusion that women can be taught, by men, to think and act a particular way. Polly then chooses to date one of the men who treated her as a mindless object because he owns a popular coat (the fur coat that he traded for her in the beginning). This leads the audience to believe that Polly, still representing women, is only interested in material things and doesn’t mind how she is valued or treated.

Women should find this story very insulting. For so long, women have fought to overcome these stereotypes. The female sex has always been judged based solely on their gender. A woman was taught to attract a man and begin a family. Once you had a husband, as a woman, your only priorities should have been to cook, clean, and care-give. Women were also seen as ignorant pieces of property. The woman had to fight to work, get good jobs, vote, and so much more to prove their equality to men. Men were always seen in the same way as the two men in this story. The two in this tale are extremely shallow, egotistical, and ride.

This is not true for all men, but the

older stereotypes set men and women as opposites. Women should be meek, stupid, kind, and proper. Men should be opinionated, intelligent, stern, and in control. These are almost complete opposites. Now it is accepted that women and men are all different and yet equal. This story is rude to both sexes but is harsher on the role of women. The women are seen in this story as objects that can be trained, traded, or owned. This could be avoided using a clear satire atmosphere, or less extreme depictions of the female sex.

This story was, however, very informative (for a student such as myself) learning to construct arguments correctly. Regardless of the anti-female message, “Love is a Fallacy” is perfect to teach fallacies. Shulman’s story gives a very blunt and clear understanding of the definition and purpose of fallacies. It also gives very good examples of how to, or not to, use them in an argument. These tips can help a learning audience identify and avoid fallacies that would weaken their argument. This being true does not excuse the rude insulting projection of women.