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In reply to the discussion: "We raise girls to cater to the fragile egos of men." [View all]intaglio
(8,170 posts)This false characterisation is made with deliberate intent to dismiss the subject of the OP. The object of this is that the false character can be attacked rather than the substance of the argument; this is much as straw men are constructed as targets for soldiers to attack rather than the real enemy - hence the name of this type of fallacy. There is also a degree in which your assertion is an ad hominem argument - attacking the speaker or the source of the speaker's arguments because of personal flaws.
This fraudulent argument is such a common feature of discussions about modern feminism that it had attracted a general label of "straw feminist" argument.
Now the normal methods that are used by persons who use this deceptive argument once the fraud has been called out are
1) to seek refuge in false definitions;
2) claim ignorance of the argument made against them;
3)falsely asserting that they have never heard of terms being used in their correct manner;
4) asserting that they, issuer of the lie, is just concerned (tone trolling);
5) that they, the issuer of the lie, is being subject to personal attack.
It may also be that a person similar to yourself will make an appeal to authority, on the lines of "most women don't support hard line feminism" or that "confident women don't feel that way," which combines the elements of the No True Scotsman fallacy with the ad hom attack.