1. What is common to the standpoints of women, African Americans, the poor, and
members of the LGBTQ community that may provide them with a less false view
of the way society works?
2. How could we test the claim that strong objectivity from women’s lives provides
a more accurate view of the world than does knowledge generated by a pre–
dominantly male research establishment? According to standpoint theorists, is
such a test desirable?
3. What theories might we drop and which might we keep? Why
might this be a ridiculous question?
4. Standpoint epistemology draws on insights from Marxism, symbolic interaction–
ism, and postmodernism. Based on what you’ve read in this chapter, which of
these intellectual influences do you see as strongest? Why?
