The speaker said that once young girls get their ears pierced, they become slaves to fashion, their grades decline and they begin to reject authority. What type of fallacy is in evidence here?

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This is an example of a slippery slope fallacy, where the speaker suggests that a relatively minor first event (getting ears pierced) will lead to a series of negative and unrelated consequences (becoming slaves to fashion, grades declining, rejecting authority) without providing evidence for such a drastic chain of events.

The Speaker Said That Once Young Girls Get Their Ears