Feminist anthropology is a four field approach to anthropology (archeological, biological, cultural, linguistic) that seeks to reduce male bias in research findings, anthropological hiring practices, and the scholarly production of knowledge. Anthropology engages often with feminists from non-Western traditions, whose perspectives and experiences can differ from those of white European and American feminists. Historically, such 'peripheral' perspectives have sometimes been marginalized and regarded as less valid or important than knowledge from the western world. Feminist anthropologists have claimed that their research helps to correct this systematic bias in mainstream feminist theory. Feminist anthropologists are centrally concerned with the construction of gender across societies. Feminist anthropology is inclusive of birth anthropology as a specialization. COUNT 5
QSN1 What type of anthropology focuses on a political agenda rather than on contributing to science? ANS1 Feminist QSN2 What does feminist anthropology self-reports as seeking to reduce in research findings? ANS2 male bias QSN3 What do feminist anthropologists claim their research helps to correct? ANS3 systematic bias QSN4 What are feminist anthropologists centrally concerned about? ANS4 gender QSN5 What type of anthropology do feminist anthropologists inclusively specialize in? ANS5 birth anthropology