Alfred Kinsey's 1940s and 1950s research on sex
a. was condemned by the U.S. federal government.
b. showed that many people in our society were less conventional about sex than had been popularly believed.
c. was based on a carefully selected and representative sample of people.
d. was all but ignored by the mass media.
(Answer: b)
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