WGS101H5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Androcentrism, Empiricism, Focus Group
11 Feb 2016
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Scientific methods procedures and techniques used to gather facts and test evidence. Positivism - means it is possible to know everything and that there is some foundational truth to knowledge. Empiricism assumes that the relationship between the observer and the observed is without bias. Positivists use methods to prevent any relationship from researcher and participant. Feminist argues that assumptions of objectivity have led to androcentric approaches to theory and method. Androcentrism way of seeing the world from the perspective of men. Puts men"s lives and bodies at center of social inquiry. Assumes that mens experiences and bodies can be extended to women and experiences of west can be superimposed on non-western people. Together, androcentric and homogeny make white men"s lives the focus of social and scientific inquiry and exclude non-western knowledge. Feminists empiricists who use quantitative methods challenge androcentric and homogenizing about real science. They insist on keeping measurable and quantifiable information.
