Can you help me pick a thesis for my research paper?

Question

I'm doing a research paper on Homosexuals and Nazi's.... the negative impact of the Nazi's on homosexuals. How it was for homosexuals before hitler, during and after...

Right now, i am going with "Homosexuals are more masculine than Nazi's".... does that sound okay for a 300 level class in a University? If not, what do you recommend? I have my sources (Gad Beck and Pierre Seel's books)....

Answer 1

"Homosexuals are more masculine than Nazi's" is probably inadequate because masculinity is an individual trait, and even as such, it is not well defined even within a culture. To try to state that homosexuals as a group are more or less masculine than another entire group, you have to have some way of backing it up, and you'll end up with personal attacks (ad hominems) and blatant opinions without any data to back them up.

Consider the following:

"The rise of homosexual rights advocacy and Nazism were parallel and sprang from similar cultural phenomena within early 20th century Germany."

"The Nazi approach to homosexuality sprang from its leaders' documented, intense self-doubts about their own masculinity."

"The purges of homosexuals within Nazi Germany harmed the arts under the Third Reich."

Or finally,

"Social Darwinism as a reflection of Nazi philosophy is inconsistent with the Nazi practice of exterminating homosexuals."

Answer 2

I'm in an English course, and my teacher gasped when I was the only one who was able to state what is the proper way to start a paper, how to form an argument and your thesis, and what exactly is an argumentitive thesis.
So i'm giving you more or less word for word, my exact answer, very simply put.
You make an argumentitive thesis by making any arguable statement (anything that is common knowledge, could be proven inaccurate/false, or is based on emotion/opinion ).
Then attach at least one good reason for the statement (Backing up the argument, why you feel it's true, with something factual/derived from evidence)
It's best to try coming up with your thesis first, before you do the actual writing.
Get a clear thesis statement summing up your whole topic/subject, and form the rest of your paper from it.
The assignment will be much easier if you do it that way, and you'll save yourself a ton of work.

So, good luck, I hope I helped!!!

(I know you wanted assistance picking out your thesis, but you're really the only one who can make the best selection. It's your paper, hence...it should come from you)