Multidisciplinary Analysis of Human Sexuality and Diversity Learning Objectives 1.Critically analyze information from academic/professional sources. 2.Use electronic data bases to find articles. 3.Practice reading professional writing and recognize valid research and understand the results. 4.Practice using good writing techniques to support a thesis. 5.Use multiple perspectives to look at a single issue of culture and gender. 6.Practice reflection and self-assessment on how research on a topic influences personal opinion. General Instructions Select one of the topics listed below and develop a paper that analyzes issues of human sexuality from multidisciplinary perspectives. Apply concepts from three distinctly different disciplines of human study to analyze the particular phenomenon, see listing below one from each column. Incorporate theoretical frameworks, theoretical constructs and other “explanations” that have been used by these disciplines to create a perspective that will provide a possible “explanation” for the issue. This should be the way the discipline approaches the topic, it should not be a listing of findings. For example do not give a historic account of the topic but rather how historians synthesize the historical significance of the phenomenon. The last part of the paper is reflective. Selected Topics (Additional topics can be used with instructor approval) ••Human pair bonding •Romantic love •Infidelity •Gender roles •Promiscuity •Marriage and divorce •Homosexuality •Pornography •Prostitution •Sex education formal and informal •Atypical sexual behavior •Sexuality in the elderly or disabled •Body image Disciplines/Perspectives Social Sciences Applied Sciences Diversity Component (must use a view different from own personal experience) Psychology Sociology History Evolutionary Theory/Anthropology Journalism, Media Studies & Communication Biology/Physiology Law/Political Science Education Medicine/Health Sciences Economics Cultural and Ethnic Studies Gender and Women Studies Religious Studies Content of your Paper Please use subject headings when you change topics. When writing, make sure to clearly demonstrate which disciplines’ perspective you are analyzing. You should have a minimum of one source for each discipline. Suggested Outline of paper A.Title page (include word count) B.Introduction a.Introduce topic b.Introduce the chosen disciplines/perspectives c.Thesis statement in Italics C.Social Sciences discipline a.In-depth look at the disciplines perspective of the topic b.Comment on how this perspective is different from other disciplines D.Applied Sciences discipline a.In-depth look at the disciplines perspective of the topic b.Comment on how this perspective is different from other disciplines E.Diversity framework a.Use insights from own cultural rules and biases to examine the topic b.Use at least one other United States culture/gender/ethnicity/religion’s framework to examine the topic F.Self-reflection a.Reflection on how self-perspective of the topic is changed after researching the topic b.Reflection on self as a learner; skills acquired from the assignment, insights into the research, and writing process c.Evaluate own learning from perspective of envisioning future improved self G.Conclusion a.Draw conclusion(s) by combining theories from the examined disciplines/perspectives