Not Political, But Still Rhetorical (450)

This video above is of a young man that is discussing what women are getting wrong. 
It's FULL of enthymemes! And the conclusions that he draws make him look pretty bad, much like the Romney video that we watched in class. As I understand it, enthymemes are largely based in assumption -- assumption that your audience understands your point, assumption that certain ideas are factual, and assumption that you can draw conclusions based on incomplete or missing information. 

Some initial assumptions he makes are that a) women are dressing specifically with men in mind b) the content of someone's Faceook pictures is a critical piece in social interactions in real life and that c) a woman who shows cleavage will never get any guy but a bad guy. Now, all of these are things that he assumes his audience will agree with without explanation. 

When he DOES offer explanation it is in the form making categories. Women are placed in either the body category or the mind category. He claims that you have to be one and you can't be both (and your Facebook pictures should indicate which one you belong in). 

I found it interesting that he blatantly denies having any ethos factor in his little speech. He repeatedly says that he is not one to judge. He relies a lot on logos, or a perceived logos. He says he isn't a credible judge, but he believes that he understands the logical side of what women are doing. 

And then the pathos. Oh, the pathos. He's obviously targeting younger women. He breaks down self esteem in parts using emotional appeals: "you have no one to blame but yourself" and then plays the nice guy to appeal to make the idea seem almost comforting. Here's a guy that finally knows how to make the nice guys fall for me! Yay! 

And then there's the men. Men are not the focus of the video, but he makes a lot of claims about them that are anything but subtle. Women, if you dress like a slut then men will just not be able to anything but have sex with you. That doesn't really speak well of men. Apparently, there is an enthymeme here that a man's factory setting is sex maniac and all it takes is a well placed set of boobs on Facebook to send him into an inescapable libido frenzy. 

The only thing I have to say to this man is...dude, I just critically analyzed your speech with my brain, and there just so happens to be a picture of me on Facebook where my boobs look fantastic. Riddle me that!