Cross-Gender Research In Third World Countries

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and the conclusions are half hearted or absent. The title of the paper as a sweeping statement is misleading. This essay will address these issues within the context of the Scheyvens and Leslie's paper.
Scheyvens and Leslie raise some of the notions of treating research subjects objectively. The authors' questions can be analogized in today's circumstances (albeit, unrelated). Can western sentimentalities be imposed on another culture? In 1991, the United States went to war with Iraq over the liberation of Kuwait. A celebrated visual-bite for that war was the pinpoint destruction of a Scud Missile by a Patriot Missile. Interestingly, both missiles were produced in America. Scuds were given to Iraq in their war against Iran-when Iraq was America's friend, and Iran saw the U.S. as the "Great Satan." The Taliban and Mujahideen were largely supported by the United States when Afghanistan was occupied by the Soviet Union. Today these people form the bulk of Al Quaeda.
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because of such potential misrepresentations.
The authors raise the question of legitimacy. Do western researchers even have the right to carry out research in other countries without making the effort to understand the other culture? Some researchers have shied away from doing such research. Other researchers have gone the to the other extreme: seeing their subjects not objectively but with romantic idealism-The other culture is perfect the way it is and any attempts to criticize it is unfairness on our part. (Vy-this is not a quote from the paper, it is merely a highlight statement made by me-please remove this little note) The authors suggest that the best way is to take the ...

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