My Sort-of-a-Prospectus

Alright so as far as topics for my term paper I'm still lacking a solid thesis because I'm juggling two different ideas that I can't really decide on. My first idea was to write about the significance of virginity in romance. Not the physical virginity itself, but what it represents for the broader scope of romance and storytelling, and how the term can be applied to the lives of those who have and have not "lost" it yet. My other idea was a paper dealing with one of the big issues we've been trying to tackle this semester, which is, what is the importance of stories that aren't true? How can they apply to our lives, today, amidst our addiction to realism? 

Of course, both of these are really huge topics, and I'm having trouble narrowing them down to any workable form, much less even deciding on which one I want to do. As it stands, this is the status of my term paper topic, just so no one thinks I'm asleep at the wheel of a car that's quickly careening towards the brick wall at the end of the semester. So...thoughts and suggestions on what would make a better paper are appreciated.