Women’s Voices in Peace Psychology: a Feminist Agenda
Author(s)
McKay, Susan
Abstract
Women’s voices within peace psychology have been largely silent, reflecting their marginalization within mixed-sex peace groups and the larger fields of psychology and international relations. In this article, I attempt to analyze historical and contemporary circumstances that have led to the omission of women’s perspectives within peace psychology. I suggest some pragmatic ways to begin to redress their omission and then discuss several areas of research that would benefit or already have benefited from feminist scholarship. I argue that, as peace psychology’s scope of influence expands, the discipline must strive to include both masculinist and feminist knowledge and values.
