Studies have shown that the vast majority of parents and numerous professional organizations, including the American Medical Association and the American Academy of Pediatrics, support comprehensive sexual education (CSE) programs
However, the fact that abstinence-only education (AOE) was the only federally funded sexual education program from 1996-2006 suggests that conservative groups, evangelical Christians, and politicians ____.
a. put their own agenda in front of the public's interests
b. carefully considered the public's opinions when allocating funds for sexual education
c. carefully analyzed the scientific literature before exclusively allocating funds for AOE
d. compromised with the public by supporting sexual education that taught about all aspects of sexuality including the benefits of abstinence
ANS: A
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a. female c. dependent on the mother b. male d. dependent on the father
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Which of the following is true about studies that attempted to replicate Simon LeVay's findings on the anatomical differences between heterosexual and homosexual individuals?
A. Animal researchers have proved that the hypothalamus of primates have no link to their sexual preferences or mating habits. B. All of the studies conducted have proved conclusively that the hypothalamus has no connection with the sexuality of people. C. All of the studies conducted corroborated LeVay's findings on the hypothalamus and the role it plays in homosexuality. D. Animal researchers believe that they have identified a similar region in the hypothalamus of the rat that is linked with sexuality.
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