Just a quick thought as I think more about the further responses
on gender equity ...
Chris .. i think the issue of how we become positive in our approach
when addressing the masculine and feminine issues is important .. so
thanks for raising that point.
I also identify how as you asked us to take into account mens'
experience that I found myself asking whether in developing practice
I risk avoiding being really true to a feminist approach if I choice
to be always considering and be mindful of men's experience as we do
this ... as this may serve to dilute women's voices and bring with
that obvious risks .This raises the issues of a seperatist approach
, which I do not necessarily say I agree with but it allows us to
recognize the complex issues we face as we address gender issues and
some of the dilemmas I personally face as I try and locate this
perspective to my practice.
Perhaps I am reflecting upon this in practice as I consider the
issues a research team faced as we developed adventure therapy. For
three years of the research process we had been an all female team ,
this was part of our practice in ensuring we could remain true to
women's voices.. we found ourselves in the final phase choosing a
mixed group setting ... yet grappled with this decision .. and as a
team are still in process on reflecting upon this in terms of the
adventure therapy practice we are developing, alongside the
development of theoretical models for adventure therapy.
Chris : As you ask what would work for women I wonder if as a women
on the outres list I can actually discuss this in the presence of
men... This may again seem like a seperatist approach but what it
does alert us to is how if we are going to address these issues then
perhaps we need to create a safe place for these discussion to
happen, echoing the question by james how we make this discussion
inclusive of all .. I actually question how this lack of
psycholgocial safety for me is actaully part of my socialisation as a
woman?
I also acknowledge the comment on not taking
comments on the list personally that someone pointed out to me....
and for me this raised a really important area in research and
practice, in terms of the boundaries between the public and private
and how this is a difficult process to negotiate. Perhaps this also
raises the issue of reflexivity in our research processes ... and
that the personal does enter into our work .... in fact any sharing
of experiences of how one's addresses the personal in research and
being reflexive throughout the research process i think could be
frutiful discussion for this list ... it seems to be frequently
suggested as good practice in the research process... yet how do we
manage this process ... and again the gender issue lurks again here
if we consider the value of emotionality in our society !!
Not quite sure what this adds to the discussion .... but my risk
taking continues !!!!
kaye
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