Feminist Methodology Flashcards
feminist methodology - positivism (excludes issues that concern women)
has masculine bias
produces male view of social life
ignores women’s experiences
refers work at home as unpaid
feminist methodology - positivism (treats women as insignificant extensions of men)
research on men generalised to women
despite different experiences and inequalities that women face
feminist methodology - positivism (malestream methods to research experiences of women)
detachment involves interviewer controlling situation by deciding important issues, questions to ask, whats worth talking about, limiting responses
feminists researchers encourage women to open up and explain their answers
feminist methodology - positivism (smash-and-grab-raid)
researchers burst upon the scene, grab the information they want quickly from the victim, offer nothing in exchange, move onto next victim
feminist methodology - interpretivism
feminists prefer interpretive methods
develop intimate relationships with respondents than male interpretivist
feminist methodology - interpretivism (verstehen)
warmth, cooperation, information sharing, empathy
to explores women’s lives
feminist methodology - interpretivism (what methods is used?)
informal open-ended methods
produce valid, in-depth accounts
feminist methodology - interpretivism (why detachment won’t work on women?)
women won’t talk about sensitive/personal topics to dominating/detached researchers
feminist methodology - interpretivism (how is feminist theories developed?)
from the research
rather than being imposed by theoretical framework
feminist methodology - why positivist statical information is inadequate?
doesn’t explain how this affects women’s lives
cannot promote social change
feminist methodology - in what circumstance can qualitative & quantitative methods be used?
if they’re applied from a feminist perspective by adapting the method for feminist use
feminist methodology - value commitment
feminist research use value commitment to improve women lives
