Research Job-Ryann B

Ryann Block

09/27/17

Research Topics

I’m still thinking about which research topic I’d like to do. I’m stuck in between doing a paper about BDSM and Why and what makes people angry. There are so many topics that are interesting but for some reason, these topics intrigue me. BDSM aka “The dominatrix world” in itself is intriguing. Getting paid to be in this lifestyle. I know some may think it’s not a lifestyle but it is. You can work your regular job such as administrative assistant, director of a multi-million company or be a student in college and by 8 pm you change as a person. dressing in latex, the heels that you wear are 6-inch platforms, the way that you speak to these people.  You turn into a completely different from a person. I wanted to do more research on this to see if there are studies to show how a professional Dom or submissive mind works. Personally, I was into that life a long Time ago and yes being a professional mistress may be enticing because we are getting paid to humiliate these humans, to treat them as if they were worthless. I can only speak for myself. Personally, you’ll have mixed emotions on it. I say so because you are trained to do certain things and then you act upon. Either way, the history of BDSM is very interesting. How it all began? What are these pros feeling, how is this affecting their psychological well-being? How & what does society think about BDSM?

 

My second topic, “Why are people so angry or What makes a person angry”. To do research on this may seem interesting. We meet so many people who hold onto the past. Some people may be experiencing pain from either their past relationships or abuse whether it’s verbal or physical. I know angry people who can’t accept the fact they’re angry and will deny it at times. My questions to research would be: What makes a person angry? What is anger? How did anger begin? Is it just a psychological thing so maybe we create anger on ourselves? I was once one of those people. To do research on these two topics may be very informative. So, I’m excited to see what I find in these two topics, hopefully, I can make a decision fast.!

 

 

I found my potential articles here

BDSM:

articles:http://escholarship.org/uc/item/9zf0b4x3

http://digitalcommons.fiu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1180&context=sferc

For anger:

http://www.pnas.org/content/106/35/15073.full.pdf

https://www.mentalhealth.org.uk/sites/default/files/boilingpoint.pdf

One Reply to “Research Job-Ryann B”

  1. Ryann, you’ve chosen two interesting topics! What I see as common to the questions you’ve asked of both is your interest in psychology. I recommend that you search journals in that discipline to see what kinds of debates you can find around the topic of BDSM. That will help you narrow your topic down to a question that you can answer with the existing literature. You could also search The Journal of Sex Research, or cultural studies and sex education journals.

    Your second topic of anger is a little vague, so I encourage you to read more of the scholarship in psychology and other social sciences if you want to develop this topic into a research question. You’ll find it helpful to see the kinds of questions already being asked and researched on this topic, so that you can figure out what you want to say in relation to ongoing scholarly debates.

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