Vocabulary
This type of feminism argues that knowledge stems from social position. It seeks to be transparent about the specific perspectives from with researchers view the world.
What is standpoint feminism?
Feminism is a ____ through which researchers can view the world.
What is a lens?
What counts as knowldge
What is epistemology? (page 17)
This kind of feminism argues that all knowledge comes from real world experience, observation, and physical evidence.
What is feminist empiricism?
The idea that men are having a hard time getting ahead too is one reason the young woman at the start of Chapter 3 debated the ___ of feminism.
What is relevance?
This is the study of existence and how we describe what we have come to know
What is ontology? (page 17)
In gender or feminist theory, this is the idea that men and women are inherently different characteristics, preferences, and behaviors
What is essentialism?
Standpoint feminist theories show us how social and political disadvantage can be _______
What is "turned into an advantage"?
This is why you are doing research the way you are doing it.
What is methodology?
The idea that in order to address the oppression of Black women, we must address issues of both race and gender is an example of this term.
What is intersectionality?
The authors argue that in order to understand why feminism is relevant today, we must understand______
What is its foundations or where it came from?
This kind of theory was once viewed as rather odd because it did away with tradition gender roles and binaries.
What is queer theory? (Page 8)
This kind of feminism addresses non-white, not Western perspectives and issues
What is global feminism?
This seminal book, a collection of writings by "radical women of color", began to breakdown the concept of feminism as something only for white, Western women and exemplified intersectionality
What is This Bridge Called My Back?
These are the political and methodological beliefs that are the foundation of feminist research. They are how we know we are doing "good" research and 'being good" to our participants.
What are Feminist Research Ethics? (page 4)