Monday, November 22, 2010

An informal outline for my final essay


I. Thesis:
           Subtopic1: introduce the different attitudes about premarital sex in different cultures.
           Subtopic2: analyze the advantage and disadvantage about premarital sex.
           Subtopic3: how can we treat premarital sex in an appropriate way?

II. Subtopic1
           I’ll write this part in the angle of a normal Asian girl who has just been America a few months:
1)      Been shocked by the way people treat premarital sex here.
2)       Do some research about the different attitudes in eastern and western societies.
              Detail resource: 1. some research papers found on “GALILEO”.
                                        2. interviews with university students( including Chinese, Korean, Italian and American )
            3) conclude the different between the attitudes.

III. Subtopic2
       In this part, I will write in a neutral angle.
                         Detail resource: 1. some debates on the internet.
                                                    2. articles about the advantage and disadvantage about premarital sex.
                                                    3. true stories found on the internet.
                                                    4. interviews with university students( including Chinese, Korean, Italian and American )

IV. Subtopic3
          Using all the information above, I’ll figure out an appropriate way to treat premarital sex with my readers in the angle of university female students.
                             
V. Conclusion
       It’s the high time to combine the two totally different cultures. Keeping virginity should be females’ right instead of burden. We female have liberty to say yes to sex, as well as refuse it. However, we should think twice before making the decision for our own health and happiness concern.

Friday, November 5, 2010

Some resources for my final essay

My final essay will introduce different attitudes about premarital sex in different cultures and analyze the how the culture influence peoples’ attitudes.
troubledwith.com, there is a real story that can be my example in essay.
Besides websites, there are two main articles I will use. One is a “premarital sec” from web; the other is “Premarital Sexual Attitudes and Experiences in University Students” from Galileo. The first article holds the statement that people shouldn’t have sex before marriage. It tells us some different attitude about premarital sex through some results of several researches, and briefly illustrates why he doesn’t agree premarital sex. I like it because it is an exiguous article that doesn’t explain reasons with real numbers instead of Bible. The second one is kind of a research report. And I have learned a lot about how to organize a survey from this article.
Another resource will be my own survey and interview. In fact, I have done several interviews with my friends about this issue already. I think the real words my interviewee says can really help a lot and be persuasive.
Anyway, in the resource aspect, I guess I have been will prepared for my final essay. I believe I can handle the final essay while keep working on it. Wish me good luck~