Malestream is a concept developed by feminist theorists to describe the situation when male social scientists, particularly sociologists, carry out research which focuses on a masculine perspective and then assumes that the findings can be applied to women as well. [1] Originally developed as a critique of male dominated sociology, the term has since been applied to geography, [2] anthropology, [3] theology, [4] and psychology. [5]
The term was first used by Mary O'Brien in her 1981 book The Politics of Reproduction. [6] As a portmanteau, it involves a play on words with the more general term "mainstream" and involves a detournement of the concept of mainstream science. There has been a tendency to identify "good science" with "mainstream science" [7] However what has been termed " epistemologies of ignorance" have been described as being at work within the social construction of science and the women's health movement which emerged in the 1970s and which provided a context for O'Brien's work.
Whitestream feminism
The comparable term Whitestream was developed by Claude Denis in his 1997 book We Are Not You: First Nations and Canadian Modernity, to describe how contemporary discourses are structured around the basis of White Anglosaxon experience. [8]
See also
References
- ^ Browne, Ken. "Student Resources - Glossary". www.polity.co.uk/. Polity. Retrieved 3 April 2017.
- ^ Crang, M., 2003. Malestream geography: gender patterns among UK geography faculty. Environment and Planning A, 35(10), pp.1711-1716.
- ^ Drezgić, R., 2000. Life History and Feminist Ethnography. Sociologija, 42(4), pp.647-666.
- ^ Schussler Fiorenza, Elisabeth (1985). Bread not Stone: The Challenge of Feminist Biblical Interpretation.
- ^ Wine, J.D., 2007. Gynocentric values and feminist psychology. Resources for Feminist Research, 32(1/2), p.23.
- ^ Pateman, C. and Grosz, E., (2013). Feminist challenges: Social and political theory. Routledge.
- ^ Rockwell, Theodore (2000). "Scientific Integrity and Mainstream Science | The Scientist Magazine®". The Scientist. LabX Media Group. Retrieved 5 April 2017.
- ^ Grande, S. (2003). Whitestream feminism and the colonialist project: A review of contemporary feminist pedagogy and praxis. Educational Theory, 53(3), 329-346. accessed 7 April 2017
Malestream is a concept developed by feminist theorists to describe the situation when male social scientists, particularly sociologists, carry out research which focuses on a masculine perspective and then assumes that the findings can be applied to women as well. [1] Originally developed as a critique of male dominated sociology, the term has since been applied to geography, [2] anthropology, [3] theology, [4] and psychology. [5]
The term was first used by Mary O'Brien in her 1981 book The Politics of Reproduction. [6] As a portmanteau, it involves a play on words with the more general term "mainstream" and involves a detournement of the concept of mainstream science. There has been a tendency to identify "good science" with "mainstream science" [7] However what has been termed " epistemologies of ignorance" have been described as being at work within the social construction of science and the women's health movement which emerged in the 1970s and which provided a context for O'Brien's work.
Whitestream feminism
The comparable term Whitestream was developed by Claude Denis in his 1997 book We Are Not You: First Nations and Canadian Modernity, to describe how contemporary discourses are structured around the basis of White Anglosaxon experience. [8]
See also
References
- ^ Browne, Ken. "Student Resources - Glossary". www.polity.co.uk/. Polity. Retrieved 3 April 2017.
- ^ Crang, M., 2003. Malestream geography: gender patterns among UK geography faculty. Environment and Planning A, 35(10), pp.1711-1716.
- ^ Drezgić, R., 2000. Life History and Feminist Ethnography. Sociologija, 42(4), pp.647-666.
- ^ Schussler Fiorenza, Elisabeth (1985). Bread not Stone: The Challenge of Feminist Biblical Interpretation.
- ^ Wine, J.D., 2007. Gynocentric values and feminist psychology. Resources for Feminist Research, 32(1/2), p.23.
- ^ Pateman, C. and Grosz, E., (2013). Feminist challenges: Social and political theory. Routledge.
- ^ Rockwell, Theodore (2000). "Scientific Integrity and Mainstream Science | The Scientist Magazine®". The Scientist. LabX Media Group. Retrieved 5 April 2017.
- ^ Grande, S. (2003). Whitestream feminism and the colonialist project: A review of contemporary feminist pedagogy and praxis. Educational Theory, 53(3), 329-346. accessed 7 April 2017