The progressive verification method

Abstract

Feminists have criticized traditional social science methodology for creating and perpetuating myths that inhibit our understanding of women's experiences and position in society. This article offers a research approach, the Progressive Verification Method, that is grounded in feminist theory and attempts to address the myths of a single, androcentric society; objectivity; historical and cultural abstraction; noninterference; and researcher authority. The method was developed in order to conduct a cross-cultural study of women in Canada.