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Dorothy Smith claims that our knowledge of the world is dependent on our particular social location (our standpoint) in the world. Explain Smith’s standpoint theory and describe how your own particular social location influences your taken-for-granted knowledge of the social world. Also share a brief discussion of a news piece or article that relates to factors that can impact our social location/knowledge of the social world. Please include a link for the source; a full citation is not required.

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Feminist Theory Reader : Local and Global Perspectives Ch. 36: The Feminist Standpoint: Toward a Specifically Feminist Historical Materialism, pp. 354-369
Introduction to Sociological Theory : Theorists, Concepts, and Their Applicability to the Twenty-First Century Chapter 10: Feminist Theories, pp. 327-365
Feminist Theory Reader : Local and Global Perspectives Ch. 39: Situating Knowlegdes: The Science Question in Feminism and the Privilege of Partial Perspective, pp. 394-412