Common Sense v. Scientific research

-It is mostly men who have extramarital affairs.
-Men who use pornography are more likely to assess women negatively than men who do not.
-Most children who are sexually abused are abused by strangers or childcare workers.
In all cultures there are only two genders: male and female.
-Abstinence-only education is the best way to prevent teens from having sex.
-Children raised by same-sex parents have more problems than children raised by opposite-sex parents or single
parents.
-As you age you become less sexual.
-All people who have fetishes or engage in BDSM are psychologically disturbed.
-Men are more interested in sex than are women.
Guidelines:
Title and resource page
3 pages
Synthesize what you learned from the research articles
Answer the following

  1. What does social science research say about my topic?
  2. What pieces of information did I find particularly
    interesting or surprising?
  3. How does social science research on this topic relate to
    what people commonly think or believe about the topic--
    Does the research support or contradict common
    beliefs?

Sample Solution