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Standpoint, Objectivity, and Social Construction: Reflections from the Study of Gay and Lesbian Communities

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  • Mike Homfray

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This article considers a number of related concepts – standpoint, objectivity, emancipation – in the light of my own research which looked at gay and lesbian communities in the north-west of England. It advocates and promotes the use of gay and lesbian standpoint and defends research with emancipatory aims, notably in the light of academic and theoretical developments which eschew real-life experience and categories of identity rooted in lived actuality. Suggesting that queer theory is largely irrelevant to the lives of gay men and lesbians, it advocates a return to an engaged and practical sociology which acknowledges the benefit of research which has potential for application by the communities it observes.

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  • Mike Homfray, 2008. "Standpoint, Objectivity, and Social Construction: Reflections from the Study of Gay and Lesbian Communities," Sociological Research Online, , vol. 13(1), pages 130-145, January.
    • Handle: RePEc:sae:socres:v:13:y:2008:i:1:p:130-145
    DOI: 10.5153/sro.1682
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    1. Key Peggs, 2009. "The Social Constructionist Challenge to Primacy Identity and the Emancipation of Oppressed Groups: Human Primacy Identity Politics and the Human/‘Animal’ Dualism," Sociological Research Online, , vol. 14(1), pages 53-62, January.
    2. John Stephen Mckenzie, 2017. "Emotional Reflexivity and the Guiding Principle of Objectivity in an Inter-Disciplinary, Multi-Method, Longitudinal Research Project," Sociological Research Online, , vol. 22(1), pages 68-80, February.

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