Standpoint Theory of Sandra Harding & Julia Wood

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Question 1

According to Standpoint Theory, what primarily shapes a person's 'social location'?

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Question 2

What distinguishes a 'feminist standpoint' from a 'feminine social location' in the context of Standpoint Theory?

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Question 3

Which German philosopher's 1807 analysis of the master-slave relationship is cited as a foundational intellectual root for standpoint theory?

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Question 4

What is meant by the term 'local knowledge' as used by standpoint theorists like Harding and Wood?

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Question 5

Why do standpoint theorists argue that the perspectives of subordinate groups are 'more complete' than those of privileged groups?

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Question 6

What term does Sandra Harding use for the strategy of starting research from the lives of marginalized groups to achieve a less biased view of reality?

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Question 7

According to Patricia Hill Collins' Black Feminist Thought, which of the following is NOT one of the four ways Black women collectively validate knowledge?

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Question 8

In the critique of standpoint theory, what does the concept of 'intersectionality' challenge?

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Question 9

What does Julia Wood's research on caregiving illustrate about gendered communication from a standpoint perspective?

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Question 10

What is the primary reason standpoint theorists like Harding and Wood are critical of postmodernism's tendency toward absolute relativism?

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Question 11

In what year did US Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor give a lecture stating that a 'wise Latina woman' might reach a better conclusion than a white male, a remark that became central to her confirmation hearings?

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Question 12

What term does feminist writer Donna Haraway use to criticize empiricism's claims of disembodied, authoritative truths, which Harding also critiques?

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Question 13

According to Patricia Hill Collins, what social location does she describe as that of an 'outsider within'?

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Question 14

What does Julia Wood argue is the primary cause of gender differences in communication, to the extent that they exist?

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Question 15

What is the critique of standpoint theory concerning the concept of 'strong objectivity'?

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Question 16

What is the central focus of feminist standpoint theorists regarding the social location of women?

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Question 17

What reason does Julia Wood give for why people in power have less motivation to understand the perspective of marginalized groups?

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Question 18

Who does the chapter identify as the philosopher who has most advanced the standpoint theory of knowledge among feminist scholars?

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Question 19

What is Seyla Benhabib's concept of 'interactive universalism' designed to achieve?

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Question 20

In the novel and film 'The Help', used as an extended example, what phrase captures the essence of standpoint theory?

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Question 21

What is the primary danger Julia Wood sees in 'championing any singular model of womanhood,' such as Carol Gilligan's voice of care?

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Question 22

How do Harding and Wood view the relationship between being a woman and achieving a feminist standpoint?

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Question 23

Which historical figure's concept of the 'proletarian standpoint' was adapted by early feminist standpoint theorists by substituting 'women' for 'proletariat'?

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Question 24

What is the position of standpoint theorists on the possibility of a completely unbiased, value-free perspective?

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Question 25

According to Patricia Hill Collins' criteria for Black feminist thought, what does emotion indicate in a speaker's argument?

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Question 26

In the critique section, what problem does feminist scholar Kathy Davis identify with feminist theories developed by white Western women?

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Question 27

What does Julia Wood mean when she says gender is a 'cultural construction rather than a biological characteristic'?

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Question 28

How do Harding and Wood feel about the idea of an 'essence of women'?

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Question 29

What does Patricia Hill Collins reject in her formulation of Black feminist thought?

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Question 30

According to the chapter, why is it considered 'nonsensical' to speak of a 'male standpoint'?

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Question 31

What statistic about violence against women in North America is used to illustrate a compelling research topic from a feminist standpoint?

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Question 32

Seyla Benhabib's 'interactive universalism' insists that any panhuman ethic should be achieved through interaction with whom?

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Question 33

What is the primary critique of Habermas' discourse ethics from a feminist perspective, according to Seyla Benhabib?

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Question 34

What is the critique leveled by John McWhorter regarding the application of standpoint logic on college campuses?

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Question 35

Why do Harding and Wood believe that the knowledge of marginalized groups offers 'strong objectivity'?

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Question 36

In her work, Julia Wood draws on a key principle of George Herbert Mead's symbolic interactionism, which is that:

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Question 37

According to the chapter's critique section, intersectionality thinks of all aspects of identity as being what?

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Question 38

What does Patricia Hill Collins argue is the result when the same ideas are validated through Black feminist thought and from the standpoints of other oppressed groups?

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Question 39

Why did many white male senators vote against Sonia Sotomayor's confirmation to the US Supreme Court in 2009?

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Question 40

What is the primary practical suggestion of standpoint theory for communication researchers?

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Question 41

What is a major difference between the intellectual traditions of Karl Marx and George Herbert Mead as they relate to standpoint theory?

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Question 42

In Patricia Hill Collins's epistemology, refusing to join in a dialogue, especially if one disagrees, is seen as what?

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Question 43

According to Julia Wood's study of caregiving, what societal norm is revealed by a male colleague reassuring another man for placing his mother in a nursing home?

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Question 44

What is the primary way that intersectionality alters standpoint theory's understanding of identity?

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Question 45

What does Patricia Hill Collins mean by the 'ethic of personal accountability' in her epistemology?

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Question 46

Which of these concepts is NOT listed as a major intellectual resource that standpoint theorists have drawn upon?

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Question 47

What is the title of Julia Wood's book that details her in-depth study of caregiving in the United States?

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Question 48

What does Seyla Benhabib's communitarian critique of Western rationality focus on?

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Question 49

When Patricia Hill Collins says 'cheating' occurs in assessing knowledge claims, what specific action is she referring to?

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Question 50

According to the chapter, standpoint theorists believe that knowledge starting from the social location of marginalized people can provide what?

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