Feminism as an Interdisciplinary Approach to Gender Studies: Positionality, Epistemology, and Justice-Oriented Research Methods
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This conceptual paper explores feminism as an interdisciplinary framework for addressing gender equality across social, economic, and political dimensions. The paper examines the author's positionality within feminist scholarship while analyzing how research methods in the field have historically upheld problematic power relations and how contemporary investigators are reformulating these methods to advance more justice-oriented inquiry.
What this essay covers
- Introduction to feminism as interdisciplinary approach to gender, sexuality, and equity
- Exploration of author's positionality and relevance to emerging research career in social justice, reproductive rights, and domestic violence
- Analysis of epistemological issues and examination of historical versus contemporary research methods in feminist scholarship
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Gender Studies: Feminism
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Gender Studies: Feminism
This conceptual paper will explore the theme of feminism as an interdisciplinary approach to gender issues. The theme of feminism revolves around the social, economic, and political equality of both genders. It is an interdisciplinary approach to equity and quality issues based on sexuality, gender identity, and gender expression. Feminism also examines how gender and sexuality are socially constructed as well as the intersectionality of inequalities and how they create power inequities. The theme is pertinent to my career as an emerging researcher because it addresses the unhealthy dynamics between the two genders in areas as social justice, reproductive rights, workplace issues, and domestic violence. This conceptual paper will explore my positionality in relation to feminism and the key issues and epistemological quandaries at the heart of the theme. It will also examine how the methods employed in the field uphold problematic historical power relations and also how current-day investigators repurpose their methods to promote a more justice-oriented mode of inquiry.