Wednesday, June 18, 2008

english class-potential paper topic

a topic... a topic...
the topic i will be writing about is issues of identity in women. i'm still trying to narrow the age range i'll be focusing on.

i've listened to many women around me who have opened up about things that they struggle with, the common thing seems to be that they feel like they are the only ones feeling what they feel, or that their struggles are unique to them.

i've worked with high school/junior high girls through college age women and have loved the chance to speak into their lives. the issues still linger into adulthood and now that is what i'm around.

i have wanted to write something that could be available for the women who live on campus, visit campus, or attend school where my husband does (where we live), that could encourage them, let them see they are not alone, and help them start to share deep fears, etc, with their friends.

i'm going to be handing out a survey on campus. the audience i'm intending on reaching is there, and i need their input. i want to use the results of the survey even to show them how many people are in the same place emotionally/mentally as they are.

i'm sure my paper topic/thesis/claim will evolve a good deal... i'm okay with that.

any thoughts?

1 comment:

DBelle82 said...

Jody,I'd like to participate in your survey regarding this subject. Recently, I have been feeling like nobody understands but I have been training myself to think that there are people who do understand and there are women who are going through worse things than I am.