Straw man (disambiguation)
# Straw man (disambiguation)

A straw man is a form of argument and an informal fallacy.

Straw man or strawman may also refer to:

## General

* Straw man (dummy), a dummy made from straw from which the other concepts take their names
* Craterocephalus stramineus, a species of fish

## Law and commerce

* Straw man (law), in law, a third party that acts as a front in a transaction
* Straw man proposal, in business and software development, a simple draft proposal to generate discussion
* Strawman theory, a pseudolegal theory in the sovereign citizen, tax protester, freeman, and redemption movements

## Publications

* Straw Man (novel), a 1951 novel by Doris Miles Disney
* The Straw Man, a 1957 novel by Jean Giono
* Straw Man (comics), a 1975 Marvel Comics character
* Straw Men (novel), a 2001 novel by Martin J. Smith
* The Straw Men, a 2002 novel by Michael Marshall

## Film

* The Straw Man (film), a 1953 British film
* Strawman (film), a 1987 Taiwanese film

## Music

* "Strawman", a 1989 song by Lou Reed from New York
* "Straw Man", a 2019 song by Silversun Pickups from Widow's Weeds
