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

Notes

Award: Best Thesis (2022)

Document Type

Thesis

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