We already learned how to summarize several deadlines ago, but we had not yet formally been taught to paraphrase. The two methods of avoiding plagiarism seem similar, but they serve different purposes in writing. I provided some examples in this blog post from the text I've been focusing on, "Equal =/= The Same..." by Dr. Larry Cahill.
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"To make matters worse, studying sex differences in the brain was for a long time distasteful to large swaths of academia. Regarding sex differences research, Gloria Steinem once said that it's "anti-American, crazy thinking to do this kind of research." Indeed, in about the year 2000, senior colleagues strongly advised me against studying sex differences because it would "kill" my career."
My Paraphrase of Original Source:
According to Cahill, on top of other problems surrounding the studying of the differences between the brains of different sexes, many people found the studies to be controversial and wrong. Some even once thought that studying sex differences went entirely against American values. As Cahill explains, he was chastised for the research he did on sex differences, and warned that it could have put his job and public imagine in jeopardy.
My Summary of Original Source:
Essentially, Cahill describes that studying sex differences was a dangerous and controversial topic when he started, which put both his career and respect from his colleagues on the line.
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