A good friend just bought a new dress for an upcoming wedding. As she models it for you, you've decided to equivocate in your response. Which of the following statements would constitute equivocation? a. It looks like something my grandmother b. I love it! would wear c. It's not very figure flattering. d. It's a unique color to describe the choices people make to reveal or conceal

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*A good friend just bought a new dress for an upcoming wedding. As she models it for you, you've decided to equivocate in your response. Which of the following statements would constitute equivocation?

A. It looks like something my grandmother would wear.

B. It's a unique color.

C. I love it!

D. It's not very figure flattering.

Answer:

The correct answer is option B. It's a unique color.

Explanation:

We use the fallacy of equivocation when we give an answer that can be interpreted ambiguously. That is to say that the answer we provide has more than one meaning, and usually they will not know what we really mean.

In this case, if our friend comes and shows us the new dress she bought, and we say "It's a unique color", we are not being clear in our response.

Our friend does not know if we liked the dress, if the fact that the color is unique makes it cute or ugly, etc.

Given this information, we can say that the correct answer is option B