Chayse J. Adams
Ms. Chastain
Class Blog Assignment
March 10, 2011
3) Use this space to explore more of your own claim. How did you arrive at your research question? What is it that interests you? What do you wish to explore and why? Spend this space developing your argument.
I arrived at my research question, “When or what are the circumstances to which it becomes not forced rape?” because it is a very real situation in this time and age, and it is a really touchy subject and I think it would be interesting to explore. The part that interests me most is that, I am a companionate person and feel pity for the poor individuals who have to endure this kind of abuse. Being a male and knowing the thoughts of the male gender when they look at a woman is one thing but I can’t understand what would drive an individual to want to do such a thing to another human being. I wish to explore what the political term is for actual “forced rape.” I also wish to explore the topic of, if there is any federal funding for women who have been raped and what the qualifications of “forced rape” are to meet the standards for federal funded abortions. I believe women should not have to carry the child of a rapist and wish to find out if they have to take care of this matter through personal funds or not because, frankly, if they do have to handle these matters personally, I think it’s bullshit! I feel if surtin qualifications are met they should be able to receive some sort of support from the government to handle these matters.
PS: I could not figure out how to spell the highlighted word, a replacement word could be, “particular”.
Hi Chayse,
ReplyDeleteWhile you may not express your own personal views in the paper, you may very well use them to guide your paper. In doing so, what you will do for your audience is investigate this matter. You are presenting a rhetorical argument. Think beyond this classroom. You are not writing this paper for me, but for an outside audience, so think about what you may need to do and what you may need to define.
I'm glad that you have sought to define what "forcible rape" is. Since you are examining the bill that was proposed by the Republican party, think about what information you will need to provide for your audience.
1) Who proposed the bill? Why was it proposed? What does the bill contain?
2) Think about the current law that is in place now. I encourage you to look into the Hyde Amendment and the Stupak-Pitt Amendment. While it does not seem that abortion is relevant, you do suggest toward the end of your post that a woman who is raped and conceives a child should not have to carry this child to term, so if you choose to talk about rape and then pregnancy, you will need to talk about the federal laws that are available to women in this condition. What opportunities are available for them?
3) Think about the implications of this bill. If this bill were to pass, what would it mean for rapists? For men? For women?
Ms. C