The paper will be between 3 and 4 pages long (double spaced). Analyze how my experience as a woman has influenced my life. I’m focusing on the issue of intamite relationships, specifically about the interracial and lesbian relationships. Cite course reading and can use other materials and cite them too. Here’s my background. I am carribbean black and asian and am currently in a relationship with a white girl. We spend a lot of time with her family and I do seem to get treated quite differently in the way that I am sexualized and often told I look “exotic”. Being open about being in a lesbian relationship has made me notice the way people treat me compared to when I was single and people around me weren’t actively aware that I am in the LGBTQ+ community. Men when I was single would treat me as every other girl, and now they seem to be more comfortable with talking to me about emotions, how they feel how someone like theyre crush, ask for advice and see you as almost one of the guys. Some women judge me and look to be less comfortable around me and others support the utmost. My girlfriend has had a completely different experience as a masculine presenting lesbian. She has always been able to have a lot of close guy friends that treat her like “one of the guys” no matter if shes in a relationship or not because of how she presents herself. Some women have a view of her that she might like them and feel some type of way for her and if they are not into women or not single they will still feel super comfortable enough to become friends with her as she is also outgoing. You’ll want to keep the paper focused on specific experiences and circumstances, not
generalities or abstractions. For example, a female identifying student with a brother could
elaborate on whether they were ever treated differently as children (e.g., chores, parents’
educational expectations for them). You can also elaborate on whether you ever felt you were
treated differently [in your family/paid workforce/school] because you were a
man/woman/other gender. Be sure to provide specific examples of why you felt this way.
Providing another example, a heterosexual student can discuss whether their experience of
being married/cohabiting/other arrangement was any different for their partner than
themselves, and then follow up with the specific ways it’s different (e.g., do they do different
chores or have different responsibilities for paid and unpaid work? Who makes more of the
decisions? Why is that?)
As you begin to think about organizing and writing your paper, you will need to focus on
a one or two issues or life domains throughout the paper, such as those discussed in class (e.g.,
paid work, intimate relationships, parenthood, education, religion; views or experiences of
feminism). Draw on course readings to illustrate the discussion of these themes. Before you
write the details of your paper, become familiar with the literature on the issues to be
discussed. Your paper needs to show the application of research on the topics being
presented.
The organization of your paper will be very important to your overall grade on this
assignment; the paper should include the following sections (clearly labeled):
1. An Introduction to the paper in which you briefly introduce and discuss the issue or life
domains you will focus on (e.g., paid work, intimate relationships, parenthood, education,
religion; views or experiences of feminism).
2. Body will form the bulk of the paper. It is critical that you link your data to concepts,
theories, and issues that we’ve been discussing and reading about in class. *Put each concept
or theory you use in your paper in bold font the first time you use it (and normal font
subsequent times). You can’t discuss all issues; you’ll need to select the ones that are most
clearly related to your topic. Do not simply describe your experience. Students must cite
course readings to receive credit for this assignment but may also cite other materials.
3. The Conclusion should very briefly summarize your discussion. Did it give you any new
insight on issues you learned about this semester. As a rule, follow APA criteria regarding paragraphs, punctuation, font size, margins, page numbering, and
how to include parenthetical notations in the body of the paper as well as bibliographic references
at the end of paper ( 5 points )
2. Paper length:3-4 full pages + reference page
3.
Use formal academic language; avoid
colloquialisms e.g., slang, contractions AND spell check and proofread
before submitting the work ( repeated typos, misused words e.g., there, their)