Overview
(8) Select an unconventional, stigmatized or kink activity, identity, or community that you are not very knowledgeable about. Do not analyze a topic already reviewed in class – like furries, pups, foot fetishes, gay-for-play, or BDSM/Leather. Then, in a similar manner as the pup play study, elaborate on each of these aspects:
●Describe 3 ways that an outsider could misinterpret aspects of this (1 paragraph)
●Locate a few personal accounts by self-identified practitioners from blogs, podcasts, articles, interviews, or academic studies. Present some accounts, experiences, benefits, and/or meanings that were expressed from the standpoint of practitioners (2 paragraphs)
● Summarize the strengths of using grounded theory to understand this behavior and how it can address limitations, biases, and other problems due to ethnocentrism (1 paragraph)
…up to +6 points (+0.5 x 3 misinterpretations among outsiders; +3.5 experiences & meanings shared by practitioners; +1 benefits of grounded theory; +1 how grounded theory addresses & improves on problematic/ethnocentric understandings)
Please use class materials and quote at least two of them - attached