Week 2 Friends!!

 

This week was actually very interesting to me. At first when I read through all the stuff we had to read I was a little confused by what all was going on but then reading over it again and more thoroughly it made more sense.

When people read things on the internet, they want to believe its true. But we’ve all heard the saying, “don’t believe everything on the internet.” There is way too much out there with controversial things and everyone and their moms opinions all over the place so its impossible for everything on the internet to be true. That’s why doing your part in the research is so necessary.

The case study we read over and looked at was so fascinating to me. The fact that with most research papers they have evidence and comparison groups it makes them more believable. But after our talk in class particularly with this case study my eyes have been opened and I have a new perspective when it comes to studies and research papers.

The APA brought forward a brief to the courts about gay parents. Its weird to think that just a few years ago marriage between men and men and then women and women was not really allowed. And now its allowed in every single state in the United States of America.

This brief had a lot of information and data that was meant to talk about how children raised in a two mother or two father house were not any different from kids raised with a father and mother in the house. Obviously what they brought to the table was trying to help and support those people who want to get married to someone of the same gender. The data they presented, being more closely looked at, wasn’t too good and/or helpful to or for their case.

I feel like I can speak for the people when I say that its nice and very appreciated when the data used to support a claim is legitimate and not false information. The comparison groups used were not sufficient for the type of study they did. They used a lot of people who were not even really comparable to the groups they were doing studies on.

The gay married couples that the APA used in their study were typically white which we can assume they are generally pretty privileged people and the heterosexual comparison groups were typically single parent households. Neither of those groups really speak for the general public. Having more of those who are married man and woman of all races would be better to compare to those married man to man or woman to woman of all races. That way its more fair across the board and can be a voice for the general public.

Another problem with the study that they did was that the group sizes they used were insufficient. They needed more of the population or a larger sample size to really be more credible. Its like if someone was doing a study and only used their neighbors and then based on what their neighbors said, they claim that’s the same for everyone in the whole state. They needed more than just the little group they used to really say anything about what they were claiming.

Also, a lot of their reports were super biased. If you’re going to do a report, just give the facts. Personally, I really dislike when reporters and information is just so biased and not a fair view of both sides. It talked about the author of the study and he seemed pretty biased. Another thing, the teachers they used as well in the study, to talk about the children and how they were doing in school academically and in sports and music but we don’t know if the teachers knew before hand the kids parents and if they were heterosexual or homosexual.

This whole conversation about the case study and gay marriages is really close to me. My oldest sister is lesbian and is getting married to her girlfriend in April. She is so happy to be able to marry whoever she wants. I think everyone should be free to choose as they will and we are so blessed as citizens of America to have that freedom.