For many years now, feminists have been involved in
developing the right tools for doing feminist research. There are
many individuals who are concerned with doing relevant feminist research
and have been contributing their share of knowledge. For example,
Maria Mies, believes that, "feminist scholarship should be an integral
part of the womenıs movement" L.Van Zoonen,
p.128. If feminist research methods are to be a tool of womenıs
liberation, then we cannot use the quantitative research methodology.
If feminists keep using the traditional methods, then they will again
be turned into a tool of domination. The choice of research topics
should be influenced by various requirements of the womenıs movement.
Another feminist Brenda Dervin, believes that "the political value
of feminist scholarship lies in its desire to give women a voice in
a world that defines them as voiceless" L.
Van Zoonen, p.129, helping women who are silent to speak. Further,
Nina Gregg believes that, "in pointing to the availability and intelligibility
of research results to women outside the academic world" L.
Van Zoonen, p.129.
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