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A 3 page paper discussing the state of sociological knowledge related to sex and sexuality. The fact that research has shown itself to be less useful than it could be is a good thing, for researchers now have a much firmer grasp on the need for absolutely unbiased research. No qualified researcher sets out to produce a biased effort, of course, but the issue of sexuality is couched with such long-held discussion reluctance that it is difficult to overcome sociological barriers in order to make sociological conclusions. More detailed attention to research design and the avoidance of unintended bias holds promise of revealing much more useful information in the future. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
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3 pages (~225 words per page)
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research effort into the sociology of sex in past years, but results of investigations often prove to be less than informative in the manner that researchers seek. One problem
with arriving workable and accurate conclusions can be traced to research design. In many ways, we are no better informed in "how race, ethnic background, gender, social class, age,
and education level influence our sexual practices and sexuality" than we were in years past. New attention to the usefulness of qualitative research
and the critical need for avoidance of bias in any form holds promise of changing the situation, both in the present and in the future. Discovering Cultural Differences
The "duh" response is hardly appropriate in the academic setting, but even those versed in words and their use find it difficult to verbalize any
other reaction to sociologist Julia A. Ericksens conclusion that "methodologies used for sexual behavior surveys can contain biases that skew results ... responses received by researchers are affected by the
manner and type of questions asked" (Miller, 1999; p. A25). This has been a complaint of serious research that has kept qualitative methods suspect for years. Poor design
and blatant bias in much qualitative research - the very form that can best discover attitudes and perceptions - has prevented much well-designed qualitative research from gaining the attention it
and its subject matter deserve. One result is that we continue to operate largely in the dark in matters of linking sexuality and social aspects such as age, gender,
ethnic affiliation and other factors. An early approach to dealing with cultural differences was to refuse to acknowledge that any such differences existed.
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