Deck 9: Feminist Methodology

Question 1

Feminist thought recommends that researchers focus on studying "sex," not "gender," to take advantage of biological essentialism.

Answer 1

False

Question 2

Feminist thought recommends operational definitions of women and men based on self-report.

Answer 2

True

Question 3

Constructs are a better way to measure gender differences than direct and indirect observables.

Answer 3

False

Question 4

Decolonizing indigenous methods help aboriginal, native, and diasporic peoples to reclaim their epistemologies.

Question 5

From a scientific perspective there are only three failsafe ways to define women and men.

Question 6

Feminist thought treats theory as a kind of planned obsolescence.

Question 7

Feminist methodology and postmodernism are both critical of claims to truth and knowledge.

Question 8

Feminist research seeks to improve the lives of women and any marginalized people.

Question 9

Feminist researchers have invented new research methods, instead of modifying existing ones.

Question 10

Feminist methods have evolved to recognize that valid and ethical research necessitates rejecting an intersectional approach.

Question 11

How does the chapter define feminism?

Question 12

How does the chapter define feminist methodology?

Question 13

Name one of the three criteria that characterize feminist methodology.

Question 14

Name one of the 10 features that characterize the best practices of feminist research methods.

Question 15

What is intersectional analysis in feminist research?

Question 16

What is self-reflexivity in feminist research?

Question 17

What is the recommended operational definition of woman or man?

Question 18

How does contemporary feminism define gender?

Question 19

Why is it important to limit and qualify claims about women, men, and gender as a result of research?