Feminist objectivity through privileging of partial truths: resolving the epistemic injustice of sexual harrassment victims
Date
6-2022
Degree
Bachelor of Arts in Philosophy
College
College of Arts and Sciences (CAS)
Adviser/Committee Chair
Eula Junina M. Blanco
Abstract
Sexual harassment not only accounts for physical and mental ramifications to victims. Part of its
aftermath is the perpetuation of epistemic injustice used to empower the harasser and repress their victims by rendering them unreliable. This is attributed to the existence of patriarchy in traditional epistemology and its communities that make discussions on sexual harassment lenient to the dominant demographic. As such, this thesis rejects traditional epistemology and its corresponding methods, and espouses the nature of sexual harassment as a multifaceted problem. In line with Donna Haraway’s situated knowledge thesis, which contends that only partial perspectives guarantee objective truth, this thesis also aims to promote feminist bjectivity in sexual harassment cases and resolve the epistemic injustice of victims by rivileging their claims to truth in social discourses.
Language
English
Recommended Citation
Baluyot, Aristotle Cedric A., "Feminist objectivity through privileging of partial truths: resolving the epistemic injustice of sexual harrassment victims" (2022). Undergraduate Theses. 7364.
https://www.ukdr.uplb.edu.ph/etd-undergrad/7364
Document Type
Thesis
Notes
Award: Best Thesis (2022)