It's easier to unintentionally plagiarise from someone who is the same sex as you

< div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;" > < a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-Xf8nS4Qe2gg/V5CmeN29-KI/AAAAAAAADwU/bmezGQ7hdNIAfPwxBXloOYJYGhps3qz1QCK4B/s1600/ThinkstockPhotos-126930696.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" > < img border="0" height="488" src="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-Xf8nS4Qe2gg/V5CmeN29-KI/AAAAAAAADwU/bmezGQ7hdNIAfPwxBXloOYJYGhps3qz1QCK4B/s640/ThinkstockPhotos-126930696.jpg" width="640" / > < /a > < /div > Look at some of the most high-profile plagiarism scandals, such as < a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Biden_presidential_campaign,_1988#Kinnock_controversy" > Joe Biden's supposed borrowing from Neil Kinnock < /a > , novelist < a href="https://www.plagiarismtoday.com/2006/04/27/wrap-upyoung-author-ancient-controversy/" > Kaavya Viswanathan's "unintentional" plagiarism of & nbsp;Megan McCafferty and Meg Cabot < /a > , & nbsp;science writer < a href="http://www.slate.com/articles/health_and_science/science/2012/08/jonah_lehrer_plagiarism_in_wired_com_an_investigation_into_plagiarism_quotes_and_factual_inaccuracies_.html" > Jonah Lehrer's lifting words from this blog < /a > , and this week, Melania Trump's echoing of phrases used previously by Michelle Obama (though < a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-36850215" > a speech-writer has taken the blame < /a > for this). < br / > < br / > Notice a pattern? < br / > < br / > In each case, the alleged plagiarists copied others of the sa...

Source: BPS RESEARCH DIGEST - July 20, 2016 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Research Digest Source Type: blogs