WSTB05H3 Study Guide - Final Guide: Gender Equality, Ethnography, Scientific Method
7 Dec 2012
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A theory of knowledge, including assumption about how we come to know what we know. All women experiences are collaborated into one experience. e. g. workplace women refer to workers Critical feminist approach it"s impossible to understand the social world. 1)gendered structure & social relations: gendered relations inequalities in social relations, historical perception& socio - cultural productions, challenges traditional ways of thinking as it works to make a difference. Sexism in research (e. g. airbags in usa were model for the protection of average height men. this will not present majority of the woman) View of the world from a male perspective. Woman are seen as passive objects (they are dependent upon the male) Woman should be seen as subjects of history (actors) Study deals with only one sex and presented to both sexes. It focues mainly on one gender but claims to incorporate all the genders within it. Ignoring sex as a socially important variable.
