Research, Gender, and Ethics: A Necessary Triad for Change

Presented in this article is a reflexive analysis of how gender perspectives are included in social research. The research practices of the social sciences have been based on clearly androcentric and sexist reference patterns. This has a negative effect on female researchers engaged in the productio...

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Published in:Forum, qualitative social research qualitative social research, 2014-01, Vol.15 (2)
Main Author: Recio, Rosa Vazquez
Format: Article
Language:ger
Subjects:
Decisions
Females
Knowledge
Reflexivity
Research Ethics
Sex
Sexism
Sexual Inequality
Triads
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Summary:Presented in this article is a reflexive analysis of how gender perspectives are included in social research. The research practices of the social sciences have been based on clearly androcentric and sexist reference patterns. This has a negative effect on female researchers engaged in the production and dissemination of knowledge in different fields of the social sciences: Dominant patterns and practices continue to keep women from the planning, production, and publishing of research. These gender biases are an ethical problem and, thus, play a key role in social research. Ethics, intrinsic to all inquiry behaviours, is connected to the decisions which, in turn, are marked by gender. In this sense ethics plays a key role in the processes aimed at promoting gender-sensitive research projects directed towards the elimination of gender discrimination and inequalities between women and men. Adapted from the source document.
ISSN:1438-5627
1438-5627