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How the concept of standpoint feminism might hinder knowledge production…
How the concept of standpoint feminism might hinder knowledge production
bias paradox
Response: this seeming paradox arises from the fact that women are arguing against gender loyalties, whilst simultaneously attempting to argue that marginalised perspectives have been undervalued (Harding, 59)
The concept of standpoint feminism leads to
essentialism/false universalism
(IEP, FST)
worries about projecting the 'feminist' perspective onto all views
by lumping all women into one category, we erase (or at least do not do justice to) the experiences of those at the intersection - people of colour, sexuality, class etc.
there exists a plurality of standpoints, which will be tailored as appropriate to the situation
does this just evolve into individualism? Individual standpoints?
this is a false dichotomy - there is a space in between the two for shared experiences
I share this perspective - relevant differences are to be taken into account (and it is a continuous process of finding out what relevant means)
I don't see any reason as to why you couldn't have subject specific groups (for example having a trans-female standpoint)
"corrosive relativism" (Wylie, 41)
not what this means
we are protected from this by the 'collectivity' aspect of the theory
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e.g. the TERF worry about transgender people - they have not had the experience of women, so by calling them women we undermine the validity of female experience
e.g. Burce Jenner gains support for being a woman by virtue of previously having been a sports star
article on TERFs for reference
not to be mistaken with standpoint feminism just being the views of the individual
Feminist empiricist (all from harding, rethinking standpoint epistemologies)
it is simply bad science that is causing these malfunctions
by practicing better science we will be able to eliminate systematic biases
strengths: does not disrupt the science that has brought us so far very much (p53)
weakness: does not unlock the full potential of what could happen (p53)
Standpoint theory objects to this claim - these problems are too systematic to count on just good science to know
important: do we NEED a ruling class in order to illuminate new empirical evidence?
Hekman attack (truth and method)
worry: does standpoint theory encourage disregarding some views?