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TOPIC: ARGUMENT200 - Statistics collected from dentists indicate that three times more men than women faint while visiting the dentist. This evidence suggests that men are more likely to be distressed about having dental work done than women are. Thus, dentists who advertise to attract patients should target the male consumer and emphasize both the effectiveness of their anesthetic techniques and the sensitivity of their staff to nervous or suffering patients.

I find this argument is unpersuasive, for several reasons. First, the statistics from the dentists are open to doubt. Next, the author connects a casual relationship between faint and distress. In addition, the argument fails to examine other effective factors can be emphasis on the advertisement to attract patients. The negative effects of the advertisement are also be neglected by the authors. I will discuss each of them in the following.

In evaluating the evidence collected from the dentists, I beg to question first. How many people are included in this statistics? If it is not a sufficiently large sample, I cannot believe the representative of the results. And is the number of men and women are equal? If there are fewer women than men in this statistics, it is very normal that more men than women might faint while visiting the dentist. In addition, how many dentists collected this statistics? If the statistics are collected only by one dentist, this statistics report can not convince me.

Secondly, the author unconvincingly assumes that men faint while visiting the dentist is the result of they are more likely to be distressed about having dental work. However, the author fails to consider many other possible factors will influence the same results. For example, whether these men are old men or ill men so they are very weak at first; or whether they are very hungry or very tired after one day work without eating anything? If all mentioned above is true, it is entirely possible these men are easier to faint rather than they feel distressed.

Thirdly, to those dentists who advertise to attract the patients ignore to put many other vital and effective factors into the advertisement such as the good services (especially the after-treatment services) reasonable fee and the comfortable environment of the clinic, which can attract more patients actually.

Finally, the author ignores some negative effects of the advertisement emphasis both the effectiveness of their anesthetic techniques and the sensitivity of their staff to nervous or suffering patients. How many people are really notice or care about that they will faint during the dental work? It is entirely possible that people who originally decide to the dental place change their mind because of the advertisement, because this advertisement calls their attention that it will be very painful during the dental work so they do not go to see the dentist.

In conclusion, this argument is not well supported. To better assess the soundness of it, it would be better to improve the following: to collect a representative sample of the patients; to conduct an overall examination whether there are alternative factors which might lead to the faintness.