Maake Tshepo B
Department of Sociology, University of South Africa, Pretoria, South Africa.
J Homosex. 2025 May 5:1-18. doi: 10.1080/00918369.2025.2501409.
Contemporary South African feminist knowledge on inequality in male-dominated workplaces is largely produced from the patriarchal and heteronormative standpoint that emphasizes the oppression of women and privileged positions of heterosexual men. While acknowledging the unwarranted subordination of women in workplaces, this paper challenges the prevailing notion that all men thrive on heterosexual male privilege in workplaces. I argue that the adoption of the feminist standpoint epistemology to Black gay men's experiences in heteropatriarchal male-dominated workplaces can illuminate hidden aspects of oppression and contribute to feminist knowledge. Having employed the feminist standpoint epistemology in two studies on the experiences of Black gay men in male-dominated workplaces, I reflect on how the intersecting identities of Black gay men provide a distinctive standpoint that enriches feminist knowledge within the South African context. The paper highlights the role of Black gay men in expanding feminist knowledge and advocating for change within heteronormative and patriarchal workplace cultures that suppress their voices and render them invisible.
当代南非女权主义者关于男性主导工作场所不平等的知识，很大程度上是从父权制和异性恋规范的立场产生的，这种立场强调对女性的压迫以及异性恋男性的特权地位。在承认女性在工作场所遭受不合理从属地位的同时，本文对一种普遍观念提出了质疑，即所有男性都在工作场所依靠异性恋男性特权而兴旺发达。我认为，将女权主义立场认识论应用于黑人男同性恋者在异性父权制男性主导工作场所的经历，可以揭示压迫的隐藏方面，并为女权主义知识做出贡献。在两项关于黑人男同性恋者在男性主导工作场所经历的研究中运用了女权主义立场认识论后，我思考了黑人男同性恋者的交叉身份如何提供了一个独特的立场，在南非背景下丰富了女权主义知识。本文强调了黑人男同性恋者在扩展女权主义知识以及在压制他们声音并使他们变得隐形的异性恋规范和父权制工作场所文化中倡导变革方面所起的作用。
