You notice a headline that proclaims that over 68% of convicted male rapists viewed pornography before the age of 17. What can you conclude from this?
A) Viewing pornography increases sexual violence.
B) Rapists are frequent consumers of pornography.
C) Nothing can be concluded without a comparison.
D) Abnormal sexual expression begins early in life.

Question

You notice a headline that proclaims that over 68% of convicted male rapists viewed pornography before the age of 17. What can you conclude from this?
A) Viewing pornography increases sexual violence.
B) Rapists are frequent consumers of pornography.
C) Nothing can be concluded without a comparison.
D) Abnormal sexual expression begins early in life.

Quizplus · Accepted Answer

Without a comparison group of non-rapists who viewed pornography before the age of 17, it is impossible to draw a causal relationship between viewing pornography and committing sexual violence. It may be that many people view pornography before the age of 17 and do not commit sexual violence. Therefore, nothing can be definitively concluded from this statistic without further data analysis.

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