Thursday, July 13, 2006

Unsettled Still

I do not have a thesis topic yet!!! Well, I have something on my mind but it’s still not clear-cut. When I consulted my Speech 199 adviser this morning, she just asked to me read more, so I would be able to narrow down my variables. It was pretty obvious then that I am not into thesis yet.
As a member of GABRIELA-Youth, I want to study something which is related to gender, specifically about violence against women. I’m thinking about the nature of self-disclosure of a rape victim as compared to that of a rape by sexual assault victim. What’s the difference between a victim of rape and a victim of rape by sexual assault? It’s for you to find out, coz’ I won’t tell! Hahaha! Read on, dude! Anyway, I am considering this topic primarily because I would be interested to find out if there would be a difference on the levels of revelations of the two victims, knowing that both of them are sexually abused, only in different aspects. The only problem I am expecting to encounter in this study is the acquisition of respondents. I would certainly conduct case studies so I would holistically venture on the variables I set. Since my topic is quite sensitive to dwell on, ethicality with regards to the interaction with my informants will be crucial. Beyond these, everything else would absolutely be under my control.

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