Research Proposal: Instructions
PLEASE FOLLOW INSTRUCTIONS GIVEN BELOW:
Assignment: Proposal = 15 Points
Choosing a topic: Choose a topic that is clearly related to the course. For example: you can choose a specific topic from one of our sessions, or you can choose to address broader issues that connect multiple themes from our course, for example: Race, class and gender in women’s health rights or ‘feminist’ representation of women in social media, or women’s legal rights etc.; Or, you can also choose something specific and relevant (like, Feminists movement for abortion rights/land rights in a specific country/region etc.). But whatever you choose, you need to base your research on the learnings from this course, by using topics/themes from our sessions.
Structure of the Proposal: Guideline
Word Limit: 1500 words
Title of the research (the key words and main idea should be reflected on the title) 1 point
Specific research question: only one question. 1 point.
Thesis statement or the main argument: you will present your main argument that you wish to present through your research in the paper. 1 points.
A literature review of the main topic/concepts: this section establishes the background and existing knowledge on the topic/s and key concepts that you wish to pursue. Usually, the keywords are covered in this section to frame the research. 10 points.
Bibliography: A properly formatted, complete bibliography which should include 5 sources from your course reading list, and at least five (5) peer reviewed social science journal articles (sources not on the course reading list and not text/books) that are directly relevant to your research question. 2 Points.
TOPIC SELECTED:
Discuss how healthcare systems historically focused on the male sexuality, leading to gaps in understanding the biological women’s body and how sex and gender both play a role in the gaps. In terms of sex, biological mens bodies have been studied more throughly than a biological women’s. In terms of gender, a women’s health, is not inclusive of transgender women as they are still portrayed as a biological male in the perspective of the health care system, therefore leading to more gaps in the body of a biological female.
Course readings to use for bibliography:
Body Politics, sexuality and Women’s Rights. Harcourt, ‘What is body politics?’ , in Harcourt, Body Politics in Development, 2009.
Krieger N, Fee E. Man-Made Medicine and Women’s Health: The Biopolitics of Sex/Gender and Race/Ethnicity. International Journal of Health Services. 1994;24(2):265-283. doi:10.2190/LWLH-NMCJ-UACL-U80Y
Annandale, E., & Hammarström, A. (2011). Constructing the ‘gender-specific body’: a critical discourse analysis of publications in the field of gender-specific medicine. Health:, 15(6), 571-587.
Kuhlmann, E., & Babitsch, B. (2002, July). Bodies, health, gender—bridging feminist theories and women’s health. In Women’s Studies International Forum (Vol. 25, No. 4, pp. 433-442). Pergamon.
Body Politics, sexuality and Women’s Rights. Harcourt, ‘What is body politics?’ , in Harcourt, Body Politics in Development, 2009.
Make sure to find at least 5 more sources as per the instructions
