POOR WOMEN IN PSYCHOLOGICAL-RESEARCH - SHUT UP AND SHUT OUT

被引:75
作者
REID, PT
机构
[1] Graduate School, City University, New York
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10.1111/j.1471-6402.1993.tb00440.x
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B84 [心理学];
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04 ; 0402 ;
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For the most part, theory and empirical study in the psychology of women have failed to recognize many distinctions among women. Indeed, the focus of feminist theory and research has been directed to the explication of women's essential experience of gender, as if this could be separated from the confounds of class and race. This presentation raises the issue of the diversity among poor women, the need to disentangle ethnicity and class, and the limitation of adopting a middle-class White perspective. In addition to racism, other possible causes of exclusion are explored. Silencing of poor women is also discussed in terms of causes and impact on the discipline of psychology. We have not provided sufficient mechanisms to allow diverse groups of women to tell their own stories; instead, we have felt comfortable in making assumptions and drawing parallels that may be inappropriate and incorrect. Suggestions for achieving feminist goals are provided.
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