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feminist epistemology  

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  • Feminist theories of knowledge and knowledge construction have built up around challenges to the presupposition of gender neutrality within “standard epistemology” (Code 1993:20). Feminist epistemology comprises two main areas, feminist standpoint theory and feminist science studies. [Source: Encyclopedia of Social Theory; Feminist Epistemology]

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