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Human Sexuality Paper 1: Sexual Identity

Write a page minimum 1,000 words (excluding title page, references, & charts/graphics/tables).

Submit to the Turnitin in Beach Board’s digital drop box for paper 1.  Do not attach rubric.

Please see the APA citation information and paraphrasing and quoting guidelines at the end of this document and the PowerPoint on Academic Writing.

Formatting & Requirements:

Minimum length 1,000 Words excluding title page and references. Note: This is a minimum requirement; to get a C you must write 1,000 words, padding the paper with long quotes will hurt your grade. Include the word count on your title page.

Formatting:

Typed, double spaced, Times Roman font, 1 inch margins, font size 12.

The entire assignment should be strictly double-spaced, with no additional space before or after each line (check you paragraph settings).

Title page must include your name, section number, assignment name, title, and word count.

Papers must have left hand running headers with your name (not the title of the paper) and page numbers, on every page. This is in the header not the body of the document.

Subject headings are required and should indicate the subject that will follow. APA format is each heading should be centered, boldfaced. You do not need a heading for your introduction.

Writing Style:

Needs to have & introduction, body & conclusion (one introduction and conclusion for the entire paper).  Format should be essay not question answer. Paragraphs should be well developed.

The assignment must use college-level writing including spelling, verb usage and tense, grammar, vocabulary, sentence formation and paragraph development.

Voice is personal. It is appropriate to use “I”.

Do not use generalizations (see below)

References:

APA in text citations and bibliographic entries for sources are required. Please be advised that APA generators such as Refworks and Endnote do make mistakes and you are responsible for proofreading the references.

References should be scholarly

include an author and a date (no date is not an academic source)

DO NOT USE Wikipedia or Pro/Con.

All statistics, facts and ideas of others must be cited and referenced

Plagiarism will not be tolerated, if in doubt cite. Direct quotations (meaning the authors words) require quotation marks as well as citations.  Direct quotations should be very limited paraphrasing is preferred.

Use the rubric to check your work for omissions. DO NOT ATTACH TO PAPER.

Submission:

Name you file: LastName_FirstName_Paper1.docx

Please submit paper timely to avoid “computer malfunctions”; it can be done any time in the semester before the due date.

To access Turnitin go to BeachBoard and find the Paper 1 drop box (do not go to the Turnitin website). Your submission will be submitted by the drop box to Turnitin for plagiarism detection. You are only allowed a single submission.

Please submit as a .doc or .docx if possible. If not htlm or PDf files can be submitted. Turnitin can only read MSWord, Word Perfect PostScrip, Acrobat PDF, HTML, RIF and Plain text files.  It is your responsibility to be sure it is a file type that it can read, and that the submission has gone through.  Papers not accepted by Turnitin will be considered late.  The drop box will not tell you if Turnitin can read it.  Double check that your paper has been submitted by reviewing your Turnitin report (not BeachBoard receipt).

If you need to resubmit for any reason–submit to the late/mess up drop box before the due date, be sure to include the reason for the submission in this drop box in the text box along with your submission.

BeachBoard help may be acquired through the Technology Help Desk (562.985.4959 or helpdesk@csulb.edu).

Learning Objectives

Application of information and concepts presented in class to personal awareness of gender and sexual identity.

Practice writing a coherent essay that is based on multiple points of analysis.

Critically view a source of an opposing view.

General Instructions

Write an essay on your personal philosophy of sexual identity. There are several topics that you need to review; religion, gender roles, media and relationships. How much of a focus is given to each topic is up to your personal experience. You are not required to answer every question listed, but rather they are there as a starting point for your exploration of your personal views. Part two (separate part, not integrated but same paper) of the paper consist of looking at a legal issue, there are several legal issues listed, you need to explore one. For the legal issue you pick you must include 2 scholarly sources one supporting your view and one opposing your view (they must be opposing views not just facts). Do not pick a topic that you cannot objectively look at both sides. This paper should not be a question answer format but rather an essay. This is a single paper with two different writing styles (personal and research) but should have one introduction and one reference list.

For clarity, the following definitions are the ones to be used in your paper (so not substitute with definitions from your text or other sources), do not to state them, you need to understand them and use the terms appropriately in your paper:

Sexual Identity- and individual’s sexual orientation, gender identity, gender roles, sexual preferences and how they define their individual sexuality

Sexual Orientation-Erotic and romantic attraction to one or both sexes (heterosexual, bisexual, homosexual or asexual)

Gender roles-are culturally defined behaviors, attitudes, emotions, traits, mannerisms, appearances and occupations that are seen as appropriate for males and females

Gender identity – a person’s view of herself or himself as female or male