# When did you stop beating your wife? Challenging loaded questions in FQ **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [December 29, 2022, 5:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-did-you-stop-beating-your-wife-challenging-loaded-questions-in-fq/977291 "2022-12-29T17:22:35Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 76
**Author:** ![Ruken](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/f475e1/32.png) [@Ruken](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ruken)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2022, 10:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-did-you-stop-beating-your-wife-challenging-loaded-questions-in-fq/977291/76 "2022-12-31T10:54:54Z")
> [@k9bfriender](#): > > As well as the implication that you laid down. You also didn’t address the other modification I made to your statement to make it less false. For the same reason I wouldn’t need to address the notion that “people go to school to learn organic chemistry” is not made “less false” by pointing out that people also, and mostly, go to school for other reasons. Never mind that most people don’t learn it at all. So yes, people teach hugs to prevent abuse. Whether it’s one, two, or all people, and whether other reasons exist, is neither here nor there when it comes to addressing the factual question that was asked. > [@k9bfriender](#): > > > [@Ruken](#): > > > > Asking if research supports a conclusion is different from questioning whether the conclusion is correct. This is basic science literacy that seems lost on many. > > But, that’s not what they asked. > [@Any evidence that teaching kids about healthy boundaries and consent to physical contact reduces abuse?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-evidence-that-teaching-kids-about-healthy-boundaries-and-consent-to-physical-contact-reduces-abuse/977225/1): > > Is there any scientific or sociological evidence does not mean that “a lack of studies would mean the experts are wrong” because that’s not how science works. > [@Any evidence that teaching kids about healthy boundaries and consent to physical contact reduces abuse?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-evidence-that-teaching-kids-about-healthy-boundaries-and-consent-to-physical-contact-reduces-abuse/977225/1): > > > [@Ruken](#): > > > > Nobody in this thread has identified any untrue assertions yet, and the implications are imagined. > > Basic literacy seems lost on many… > > So, do you think that the OP was great, it was a good question that could be answered factually? If so, why didn’t you answer it? Why didn’t you cite those studies that the OP asked for? > > Or are you agreeing with me that it was a bad OP, one that had no answer that would be acceptable given the OP’s parameters? Just asking questions won’t identify misinformation that needed correcting. --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-did-you-stop-beating-your-wife-challenging-loaded-questions-in-fq/977291)._