Identify Any Fallacies in the Following Passage Either by Naming

question 104

Short Answer

Identify any fallacies in the following passage either by naming them or, where they seem not to conform to any of the patterns described in the text, by giving a brief explanation of why the fallacious reasoning is irrelevant to the point at issue.
In response to the woman who felt that Chicago Honeybear cheerleaders were being exploited by men who viewed the Honeybears as sex objects, Chicago Tribune columnist Mike Royko devoted a column to the subject, suggesting that such women are hypocrites. The most sexually motivated of all sports fans, he said, are females, who gather in front of the TV screen solely to gawk at the muscular thighs and lean hips of the "hunks."

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Definitions:

Extraneous Solutions

Extraneous solutions are solutions that arise in the process of solving an equation but do not satisfy the original equation.

Equation

An affirmation in mathematics that posits the equality of two different expressions.

Directly

Directly refers to a manner of action or occurrence that happens without any intervening factors or steps.

Square

A mathematical operation involving multiplying a number by itself, or a geometric figure with four equal sides and four right angles.