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In this argument, the speaker claims that researchers need to treat men and women differently and reevaluate the effects of all medications on men and women based on the recent survey that shows the different experience between men and women. To support his argument, the speaker also cites in the survey that 28 men felt more painful than 20 women who participated in the survey and the pain felt by men lasted longer than it felt by women. The survey also suggests that the men should be given other kinds of pain medication rather than the kappa opioids. Through clear scrutiny, I find this argument suffers from several flaws.
Firstly, the survey shows different pains felt by men and women based on the assumption that the 28 men can represent the average men in the world. However, the speaker fails to provide evidence to fully support that. It is possible that the 28 men participating in the survey are patients who have less tolerance of pain. To the extent the 28 men may have more sensitive feeling than average sense of feeling of all the men the survey’s argument is unwarranted. Without clear evidence to support the condition of 28 men in the survey, the speaker cannot convince me that the survey is reliable.
Secondly, even the 28 men are representative of other men in the world, the speaker fail to consider other factors that lead to different pain feeling by the two sex. It is entirely possible the difference in pain feelings is the result of difference in equipment or facilities that may not suitable for evading the kappa opiods into the male body. It is also possible that women are not honest as men due to their personal privacy or anything else that impede them tell the truth. Without ruling out these possibilities, we cannot be informed that the credibility of the survey.
Thirdly, even the pain medication do have different effect on all the men and women, it is insufficient to conclude researchers should evaluate all the effects of medication on men and women. It is possible that the pain medication can not be representative to all the other medication. Without providing the evidence of the necessity of reevaluation of all the influence of medication on men and women, the speaker can not convince me.
Simply put, to strengthen the argument, the speaker should provide more evidence of the condition of the respondents and if the 28 men are representative of all the men in the world. To better evaluate the argument, I would need to know whether the pain medication is representative for all other medication and the necessity to do that.