Feminism and Diversity

"Feminism and the Standpoint of Lesbianism" In chapter ten of her text Whose Science Whose Knowledge, Sandra Harding introduces the standpoint of a distinct lesbian epistemology. Her objective is to acknowledge a perspective that will recognize the viewpoint of all women and not just heterosexual women that are seen by the androcentric stipulations as essential or typical. Harding's valuable argument begins with the conceptualization of "what is a lesbian"(Harding, 250): if that is definable in …

…examining lesbian contributions to feminist thought and the scientific advantages of such a standpoint. Overall Harding has presented an additional theory of knowledge that not only ". . . show[s] how to move from including others' lives and thoughts in research and scholarly projects to starting from their lives to ask research questions, develop theoretical concepts, design research, collect data, and interpret findings." (Harding, 268). Citations Harding, S. (1991). Whose Science? Whose Knowledge? New York: Cornell University Press. (249-267).